When you randomly need to see a medic, you likely end up seeing either a male or a female doctor purely by chance. You can bypass the randomness of whoever sees you by pre-selecting your doctor's ...

Female physicians in the U.S. had higher suicide rates compared with women in the general population. Male physicians had lower suicide rates than their non-physician counterparts. Physicians who died ...

Hospitalized women are less likely to die or be readmitted to the hospital if they are treated by female doctors, a study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine found. According to NBC ...

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While many physicians may avoid discussing the subject, a study showed that who gets addressed with the honorific “Dr.” may depend on gender, degree and specialty. By Gina Kolata Dr. Yul Yang, a ...