Medical Xpress

Do patients prefer male or female urologists? Depends on how much it hurts, research shows

Urology involves some of the most intimate medical conditions, yet patients don't necessarily always prefer to be treated by a urologist of their own gender, new research has found. In some situations ...
IFLScience

Patients Have Better Outcomes When Female Surgeons Operate

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Study: Patients treated by female doctors have better health outcomes

When treated by female physicians, patients experience lower rates of both mortality and hospital readmission. That’s according to a new study reported by the University of California. “What our ...
Staten Island Advance

Patients, specifically women, less likely to die when treated by female doctors, study says

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 ...
STAT

Female surgeons have lower rates of long-term adverse outcomes than their male peers, study finds

A new study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery suggests that patients treated by female surgeons have lower rates of adverse postoperative long-term outcomes including death compared to similar ...