Patients treated by female doctors fare better than patients treated by male doctors, according to new research published Monday, despite the field struggling to improve female representation in ...

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Health outcomes for both men and women were found to improve when a female doctor treated them. Research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine indicates that patients, particularly women, might ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Female physicians may be better than male physicians at establishing a good rapport with their patients. (Getty Images) (Jose Luis ...

Having a female doctor could lower the risk of death or major health issues after surgery or hospitalization, studies have shown over and over. The latest evidence, published Wednesday in the British ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm an American writer working in fiction and nonfiction. Sergeant and the team examined outcomes for almost 172,00 patients, of ...

Seeing a female doctor could be better for longevity, according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine Monday. Both male and female patients have a greater chance of death or ...

Patients who are treated by a female physician could live longer and have a reduced risk of hospitalization, new research has found. These benefits were seen more in female patients compared to males, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Patients are less likely to die or be readmitted into the hospital if they are treated by a female doctor, a new study revealed. Published in Annals of Internal Medicine, the ...