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Patients Cared For By Female Doctors Fare Better Than Those Treated By Men

Elderly hospitalized patients taken care of by female doctors had better results than those seen by male doctors. Julie Delton/Getty Images hide caption

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Patients Cared For By Female Doctors Fare Better Than Those Treated By Men

If male doctors were as good as their female counterparts at caring for older people in the hospital, about 32,000 fewer patients a year would die. What do female doctors do better than men?

Patients Cared For By Female Doctors Fare Better Than Those Treated By Men

Elderly hospitalized patients taken care of by female doctors had better results than those seen by male doctors. Julie Delton/Getty Images hide caption

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Patients Cared For By Female Doctors Fare Better Than Those Treated By Men

by John Henning Schumann , Sarah-Anne Henning Schumann

Patients Cared For By Female Doctors Fare Better Than Those Treated By Men

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Scientists Blast Antimatter Atoms With A Laser For The First Time

Jeffery Hangst's ALPHA research at CERN, which is Europe's premier particle physics laboratory and is located near Geneva, is devoted to studying antimatter. CERN hide caption

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Scientists Blast Antimatter Atoms With A Laser For The First Time

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2016 Had So Much Good TV, It Was Almost Too Much — We Pick Some Standouts

Atlanta, starring Donald Glover, is one of critic Eric Deggans' favorite shows of 2016. Matthias Clamer/FX hide caption

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2016 Had So Much Good TV, It Was Almost Too Much — We Pick Some Standouts

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2016 Had So Much Good TV, It Was Almost Too Much — We Pick Some Standouts

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