A 14-year-long retrospective cohort study of almost 960,000 hospital inpatients with acute medical conditions (congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, COPD, pneumonia, stroke, and GI tract bleeding) found that those who were treated by female physicians had significantly lower 30-day mortality rates and readmission rates. Summary: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-hospitalized-medical-patients-fare-female.html Paper: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2856025 #Science #Health #Medicine #GenderDifferences #Hospitalization