CDC: Circumcision benefits outweigh risks, pain

While the CDC does not explicitly recommends circumcision of newborn male, procedures published by the Agency which is essentially a confirmation of the common (but still controversial) on Tuesday.

This is the first time published the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommendations of any kind on the procedure sees the foreskin surgically removed on the head of the penis. The draft guidelines, published Tuesday in the Federal Register to recommend doctors advise new parents and uncircumcised men in the circumcision health benefits.

Despite criticism of complaints that perform unnecessarily painful procedure and may in infection, the CDC only circumcision benefits, including a reduced likelihood of sexually transmitted diseases, outweigh the risks. Recent studies have shown that circumcised men are less likely to contract and spread HIV, herpes and HPV.

Despite the approval of the procedure, the CDC admitted that ". These decisions are part of not only health aspects, but also other social, cultural, ethical and religious"