When I was a medical student in the 1980s, the school hired “pelvic instructors” who taught us how to do exams in a painless and respectful way. They even allowed us to perform practice examinations ...

Historically, medical research has been male-dominated in terms of subjects as well as researchers, even though women make up half of the world’s population. As a result of this gender bias, insights ...

Women face delayed diagnosis and suboptimal treatment due to differing symptom presentations and underrepresentation in cardiovascular trials. Multidisciplinary approaches and remote monitoring are ...

Each of these circles represents a disease, with circle area representing disease burden — a measure of how much death and disability it causes. Grey circles represent diseases that affect men and ...