The Task Force met again in 1989 and concluded that the procedure may have some potential medical benefits. To date, none of these benefits have been conclusively proven. The Task Force met again in 1999 and concluded that the potential medical benefits were so slight that neonatal male circumcision could not be recommended. These studies have all been done either in military or inner-city hospitals and suffer serious methodological flaws. There is also some evidence that circumcision may help mask the symptoms of serious urinary tract abnormalities.
More baby boys die from circumcision than men die of penile cancer.
Studies out of Africa suggest that HIV infections are more common in men with foreskins. These studies did not account for cultural, economic and religious differences between the two groups of men. Whether this pertains to the United States is debatable. The United States has one of the highest rates of circumcision in the world as well as one of the most rapid increases in HIV infections in the world. A recent study showed no significant difference between the number of penile problems experienced by boys who were or were not circumcised.