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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2015, 04:09 PM Mar 2015

Study links autism with circumcision [View all]

The circumcision of boys is controversial and hotly debated in many countries.

Advocates of circumcision point to cultural, religious, hygiene-related and medical reasons for the procedure, while opponents argue that it infringes on bodily rights and is a severe, painful assault on the individual which can lead to life-long physical and mental damage, with no relevant advantages to health.

A study now pours a little more oil on the flames.

According to the new study, which included 340,000 Danish boys, it looks as though circumcision increases the risk of developing autism.

http://sciencenordic.com/study-links-autism-circumcision

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Study links autism with circumcision [View all] Jesus Malverde Mar 2015 OP

yikes olddots Mar 2015 #1

It will be like "King Kong v Godzilla" AngryAmish Mar 2015 #38

"Causality remains unproven." Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #2

Yes. elleng Mar 2015 #4

This, will likely be a very long contentious thread. I'm stocking up on RKP5637 Mar 2015 #3

This thread needs more Olive Garden. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2015 #8

+1, n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #22

And a pit bull. hifiguy Mar 2015 #23

Go back to the store jmowreader Mar 2015 #20

That sounds like mistaking correlation for causation Spider Jerusalem Mar 2015 #5

Great observation...nt Jesus Malverde Mar 2015 #6

It could be due to a shared environmental cause. Maybe Lamb causes Autism? n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2015 #12

It's also a question of the over-design of sensitivity... sample size of 340,000??? HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #26

Interesting study, in terms of circumcison being a trauma inducing event Zorra Mar 2015 #7

Riiiight. Because there are so many autistic Jews and Arabs. Throughout history. Hekate Mar 2015 #9

What? uppityperson Mar 2015 #17

In both of these Abrahamic religions, male circumcision is a religious requirement.... Hekate Mar 2015 #25

Thank you, I understand all that, was wondering about the autism crack. uppityperson Mar 2015 #28

I was bein really, really sarcastic about the "study." nt Hekate Mar 2015 #29

Thank you, that is what I thought but am trying to clarify vs assume. nt uppityperson Mar 2015 #32

There's a place that I could go with this, but... AnnieBW Mar 2015 #10

all we need now is moon bombing, chicken, Olive Garden, pit bulls and breast-feeding.... steve2470 Mar 2015 #11

Nothing will ever, hifiguy Mar 2015 #24

Chemtrails! Don't forget those. nt LiberalEsto Mar 2015 #35

I call BS on their study. Quackers Mar 2015 #13

As a hypothetical, much better diagnostic evaluations... Fumesucker Mar 2015 #15

Correlation does not equal causation. Eating pickles before conception is linked with autism too uppityperson Mar 2015 #14

Study links autism with studies... MrScorpio Mar 2015 #16

bingo! LiberalEsto Mar 2015 #37

In the comments there was a link to another study oregonjen Mar 2015 #18

That is interesting. Chemisse Mar 2015 #34

Now that sounds very reasonable. Most baby boys were circumcized before they were two weeks jwirr Mar 2015 #41

No medication is used. dgibby Mar 2015 #44

They were giving local lidocaine in that time period. But I hadn't heard about Tylenol pnwmom Mar 2015 #45

Don't they teach simple stats to researchers? Igel Mar 2015 #43

I think this depends on eating at the Olive Garden in Manhattan, before having one. madinmaryland Mar 2015 #19

Well...whatever... Laffy Kat Mar 2015 #21

I knew a church that on the Feast of the Circumcision sang the hymn. .. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #27

makes sense always told men think with their dicks dembotoz Mar 2015 #30

It was not all that long ago when every boy child in the USA was circumsized. I wonder what the jwirr Mar 2015 #31

I don't think they gave the babies any pain medicine in those days. Chemisse Mar 2015 #36

I was about 10 years old and in the hospital for surgery. One day I heard this poor child screaming jwirr Mar 2015 #40

My brothers were born in the late '40s - late '50s & they were.... Hekate Mar 2015 #39

. hunter Mar 2015 #33

Wow. You are one brave dude, Jesus. beam me up scottie Mar 2015 #42

And yet in the US, circumcision rates have been falling while autism is rising. But I wouldn't pnwmom Mar 2015 #46