So the title is fairly striking

Circumcision may lift HIV risk for women

And everybody gets worried.

But nevermind that.

The sub-header might freak everybody out, too.

Circumcision Protects Men From AIDS but Might Increase Risk to Women, Early Results Suggest

But nevermind about that.

The first paragraph starts as one of the more optimistic things you’ve read about the subject….but then…no. Not so much.

Circumcision may reduce men’s chances of contracting HIV by up to 60 percent but early results suggest the procedure may put women at increased risk of infection, according to preliminary data presented Tuesday.

But nevermind about that.

Early results announced at a U.N. consultation in Switzerland on the potential impact of male circumcision on AIDS in Africa suggested that if HIV-positive men do not abstain from sex while healing from circumcision surgery, their female partners might have a higher chance of catching HIV from them.

The shocker is apparently…HIV…and open wounds….DANGEROUS!!! Blame circumcision!!!

But nevermind about that.

And then the gem that makes this horribly written article all worth it.

The preliminary results do not call into question the utility of circumcision as a way to prevent AIDS in Africa.

But “while male circumcision has extraordinary potential to prevent HIV infection, these new findings remind us that we must proceed with thought and care in developing strategies to expand male circumcision in Africa,” said Dr. Kevin De Cock, director of WHO’s AIDS department. “Circumcision is an additional prevention strategy rather than a replacement for anything else.”

What was that doctor’s name again?!?

{snickers}