When she was an undergraduate, internist Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, remembers having second thoughts about going into nursing as originally planned. She spoke with a college counselor about her ...

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Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States and in Connecticut. In 2021, one in five deaths among women were from cardiovascular diseases. Over 60 million women in the U ...

The newly released Knee and Hip Replacement Award honors hospitals that demonstrate rigorous standards for surgical outcomes, safety, and patient satisfaction. As more women pursue joint replacement ...

Routine mammograms are best known as a front-line tool for detecting breast cancer. But new research suggests the same X-ray ...

Women with severe coronary heart disease causing narrowing or blockages in the arteries may derive greater long-term benefits ...

The recent suicide death of yet another Black medical student is raising fresh questions around the continued need for mental health resources aimed at supporting Black people in the medical field. Dr ...

Over 500 women are seeking $10 million each from Chesapeake Regional Medical Center in connection with unnecessary operations ...

From Hippocrates to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of medicine has often been male. There are many reasons for this gender imbalance, from broad systemic discrimination in society, to medical-specific ...

Elizabeth Blackwell (left) in 1847 became the first woman admitted to a modern medical school. By 1949, all-woman teams performed surgery (right). Alamy; Getty Images Elizabeth Blackwell had an ...

This blog post was originally posted on In Her Own Right: A Century of Women's Activism, 1820-1920, a Pennsylvania Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) collaborative digitization ...