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By Wayne Lewis

People with a family history of breast cancer often seek genetic testing to find out whether they carry mutations to key genes called BRCA1 and BRCA2, greatly increasing their risk for breast cancer and other diseases.

For this small but significant portion of the population, knowledge is power. They have seen their grandmothers, aunts, cousins and sisters struggle with breast or ovarian cancer. They may have faced these diseases themselves.

Cancer still may be second fiddle to heart disease as the leading cause of death among all Americans. But for Hispanics in the U.S., it recently took the lead spot.

According to a recent study in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, researchers found that cancer caused 29,935 deaths among Hispanics of all ages in the U.S. That’s slightly higher than the 29,611 deaths caused by heart disease.

Gestational diabetes may not receive as much attention as the type 1 and type 2 variants, but it can have equally serious consequences for both mother and child. Worse, its prevalence is growing in the United States.

You can't control your genes, but you can take charge of what’s on your plate. So for National Cancer Prevention Month, give your meals and snacks a nutritious makeover; not only will you look and feel better, but you'll lower your risk of several cancers.