Yuki Noguchi
Stories
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Health
What life is like in cancer survivorship
Cancer is increasingly survivable, but younger people are getting the disease at higher rates, then facing myriad challenges with life afterward.
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Health
Cancer deaths are declining, but diagnoses are rising especially among younger women
The American Cancer Society's report shows a mix of lower death rates and rising cancer incidence rates for some groups, especially younger women.
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National
Lower nicotine requirements in cigarettes could be coming soon
The FDA is expected to propose a new rule Wednesday that would mean cigarettes have lower nicotine limits to make them less addictive.
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Health
How the medical world can support cancer patients through intimacy struggles
The side effects of cancer also affect many peoples' intimate lives, but the medical community doesn't always provide them with support.
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Health
Norovirus outbreaks are on the rise around the country and on cruise ships
Outbreaks of the gastrointestinal illness are surging both at sea and on land. Here's what to know.
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Health
'Cancer ghosting' can be more painful than treatment, survivors say
Loss of social support after a cancer diagnosis is a surprisingly common experience, social workers and cancer patients say. For young cancer survivors, it is a particularly difficult part of the disease.
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Health
Cancer survivorship: Navigating the disruptions to schooling
Two people who were diagnosed with cancer during childhood describe how the experience interrupted their educations -- and eventually led them to vocations in the medical field as adults.
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Health
A new generation of cancer survivors is getting diagnosed early, and living longer
People are getting cancer earlier and living longer, meaning they're having to figure out how to navigate various aspects of life after diagnosis.
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Health Care
A look at the think tank that may shape Trump's health policies
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz are headline grabbers for sure. But here's the think tank that might inform Trump's behind the scenes efforts on health policy. They're all about the free market.
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Health
More young people are surviving cancer. Then they face a life altered by it
More people are getting cancer in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, and surviving, thanks to rapid advancement in care. Many will have decades of life ahead of them, which means they face greater and more complex challenges in survivorship. Lourdes Monje is navigating these waters at age 29.
