
By ABBY GOODNOUGH and JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2OiKfBB

Two new studies have found that the routinely used minimally invasive surgery for early stage cervical cancer is linked to a higher rate of recurrence, plus worse long-term survival, compared with more "open" surgeries.
Between 2011 and 2015, your risk of catching an infection while you were in the hospital dropped 16 percent, researchers say.
Removing the appendix may reduce the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, new research suggests.
Summit County Colorado, a beautiful mountain playground where active lifestyles are the norm, has the highest life expectancy of any county in the U.S.