Cancer rates are rising among young people. What steps should they take to reduce their risk?

Cancer rates are rising among young people. What steps should they take to reduce their risk?

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. In a disturbing worldwide trend, new cancer cases among young people have been increasing sharply. Early-onset cancers, defined as cancer cases diagnosed in people under 50, increased globally by a staggering 79%. In the United States, the American Cancer Society reported that the demographics of cancer patients are increasingly shifting from older …