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Prostate cancer prevention: Ways to reduce your risk

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If you're worried about your risk of prostate cancer, you may want to know ways to help prevent it.

Researchers haven't found a sure way to prevent prostate cancer. Study results often conflict with each other. And most studies aren't designed to prove whether something can prevent prostate cancer.

But healthcare professionals suggest that people with an average risk of prostate cancer make healthy lifestyle choices for prostate cancer prevention. Many of the things you can do for prostate cancer prevention are things that may help improve your health in general. Here are some good choices to make.