New research published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine suggests that circumcised boys are more likely than intact boys to develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD) before the age of 10. The research, carried out in Denmark among a cohort of all children born between 1994 and 2003, followed over 340,000 boys up to the age of nine (until 2013), during which time almost 5,000 cases of ASD were diagnosed. The study showed that regardless of cultural background circumcised boys may run a greater risk of developing ASD. The researchers also made an unexpected observation of an increased risk of hyperactivity disorder among circumcised boys in non-Muslim families. Morten Frisch who led the research indicated that the investigation was prompted by “the combination of recent animal findings linking a single painful injury to lifelong deficits in stress response and a study showing a strong, positive correlation between a countrys neonatal male circumcision rate and its prevalence of ASD in boys.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:10:00 +0000
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