New research from China has found that women who ate soy foods daily had a lower risk of developing endometrial cancer than women who ate them only occasionally. Preliminary studies in the United States have also found promise that soy might help reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men, and possibly even prevent baldness.
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For women looking to reduce cancer risk, broccoli gets the nod again. Research from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, recently linked a high consumption of cruciferous vegetables, broccoli in particular, with a lower incidence of breast cancer in premenopausal women.
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