The usual feminist slogan is "Equal pay for equal work." But if you read a new study led by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, you may conclude that for female physicians, ...

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 ...

In a study that is sure to rile male doctors, Harvard researchers have found that female doctors who care for elderly hospitalized patients get better results. Patients cared for by women were less ...

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 ...

Woman power is alive and well, according to a new study. Research from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health says that elderly patients treated by female physicians tend to have better health ...

When Minnesota family physician Jay-Sheree Allen begins a visit with one of her patients, she starts by turning on the faucet and washing her hands. She no longer shakes hands to minimize the risk of ...