keep your immunizations up-to-date.
5. Avoid Risky Behaviors
Practice safe sex by limiting your number of partners and using condoms. Some of the sexually transmitted infections can lead to a higher risk of different types of cancer. Do not share needles because of the high incidence of Hepatitis B, C, and HIV, which all can lead to increase risk of liver cancer. If you have a drug problem seek help to stop.
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6. Visit the Doctor Regularly
Regular doctor visits will allow you to receive regular screening for various types of cancer. When cancer is caught early you increase your odds of curing your condition. Also, your doctor can help you to develop a plan to stay healthy.
7. Eat Right
Eating more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and beans will help you reduce your cancer risk. Fiber is especially important when preventing colon cancer. Obesity can increase your risk of cancer so try not to eat too many high-fat foods.
Please remind your girlfriends, sisters, mothers, aunts, grandmothers, godmothers to check their breasts and get their mammograms. We need to decrease the number of black women dying of breast cancer. There are several ways to