Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1995 00:06:32 -0500
From: CircInfoNe@aol.com
Subject: Action Alert, 95.01.21, Dr. Donohue

The following blurb on circumcision appeared in Dr. Paul Donohue's column on
15 January 1995 in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle and possibly other
newspapers:

"QUESTION:  Do guys who are not circumcised have a higher risk of getting
AIDS?  Please answer this question, which is of interest to many males.
 --O.D.

"ANSWER:  Not being circumcised is a risk factor for catching acquired immune
deficiency syndrome.  But there are a great many other risk factors, and most
are more important and more directly related.  I am thinking of great risks,
such as promiscuous and unprotected sex.

"The question of circumcision's protective role in preventing transmission of
AIDS is not a fully explored one.  Most say that any imputed protective value
is probably not great, although it's one that should be respected."

Send your questions to Paul G. Donohue, M.D., PO Box 5539, Riverton, N.J.
08077-5539...

And/or write Rochester Democrat-Chronicle (Thomas E. Callinan, Ed.) 55
Exchange Blvd., Rochester, NY 14614-2001, (716) 258-2220...

And/or News Ed., Len Lacara, (716) 258-2251...

And/or (best number, according to contributor) Ed. Page, Letten Jas Lawrence,
(716)  258-2415.  

Thanks to Mary Fleming of Rochester.