Circumcision may cut risk of HIV
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_he_me/hiv_circumcision"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061213/capt.sge.adp67.131206195748.photo00.photo.default-357x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&sig=bxTV6KeDe_m5o8w8StOgxg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="A man is seen with an AIDS awareness message painted on his head in January 2006. Circumcision significantly reduces the risk of contracting the AIDS virus, according to two new studies released and that could have significant implications in the fight against the deadly disease.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0" /></a>AP - Circumcising adult men may cut in half their risk of getting the AIDS virus through heterosexual intercourse, the U.S. government announced Wednesday, as it shut down two studies in Africa testing the link.</p><br clear="all"/>