How does circumcision help?
The health benefits include protection from urinary tract infections, HIV, HPV, syphilis and chancroid, prostate cancer,
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About Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is a cancer that affects the prostate gland, in the male reproductive system. It is the second most common cancer in American men, with over 186,000 men learning they have the disease annually. Skin cancer is the only cancer more common than prostate.
About HIV
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency virus. It is a lentivirus (a member of the retrovirus family) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections.
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