Circumcision recommended to fight HIV
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070329/ap_on_he_me/un_aids_circumcision"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070328/capt.ge11003281237.switzerland_who_circumcision_ge110.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=y33sY8SrXUWEeib5GQQ7Dg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Susan Timberlake, Senior Law and Human Rights Advisor and Gender focal point UNAIDS, answers journalists' questions about the WHO's and UNAIDS' recommendations from expert consultations on male circumcision for HIV prevention during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 28, 2007. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.N. health agencies recommended Wednesday that heterosexual men undergo circumcision because of "compelling" evidence that it can reduce their chances of contracting HIV by up to 60 percent.</p><br clear="all"/>

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