A medical doctor shares her personal experience navigating the challenging seas of midlife perimenopausal hormonal changes, ...

Together, these three women embody the impact of education, advocacy and community engagement in tackling systemic health care inequalities. Their stories, below, underscore the vital role of ...

The American Medical Women’s Association — an organization “dedicated to advancing women in medicine and improving women’s health,” according to its website — hosted its Northeast Regional Conference ...

With the term “medical gaslighting” we’ve finally named medicine’s gender problem, but it’s time to get clear about the seriousness of this form of gender bias, writes Diane O’Leary.

The issue may also be linked to a lack of attention to differentiating between men and women in medical school. Almost 95% of American medical school students said their curriculum should include ...

Fortunately, one thing all women do have a right to under federal law is to seek emergency medical treatment. The federal emergency medical treatment and labor act (EMTALA) means that all people ...

As the number of women in U.S. jails has risen, so have deaths and medical errors in facilities ill-equipped to handle this growing population.