Studies from Canada and Sweden claim patients operated on by female surgeons are less likely to have adverse outcomes including death 12 months post operation Getty Two new studies out of Canada and ...

Though the overall likelihood of dying after a surgery is very low, women are more likely to have adverse outcomes with a male doctor, the researchers found Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor ...

The transgender community is a vulnerable population at increased risk for a number of adverse health outcomes including surgical complications, development of cancers, and chronic disease. In ...

Male NSCLC patients had higher complication rates, longer hospital stays, and increased costs compared to female patients. Factors like age, BMI, COPD, and smoking history were associated with worse ...

New research released last week suggests that sex matters when it comes to surgery. Researchers examined the sex of the surgeon and the sex of the patient in over a million surgeries and found that ...

Women who had surgery performed by a male surgeon were more likely to have adverse outcomes than women operated on by female doctors, according to a study published Dec. 8 in peer-reviewed medical ...