17."At eight years old, I got my period. Obviously concerned about how young I was, my mom took me to the doctor. The doctor ...

Now a consultant surgeon at one of the busiest major trauma units in England, Elena Theophilidou has spoken of her successful career, as well as the challenges she has faced as a female doctor ...

According to the U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard, only about 17% of cardiologists are women, ranking as one of the lowest specialties among female physicians, yet heart disease remains the ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Dr. Theresa Pazionis, a spine surgeon at Temple University Hospital, has been ahead of the curve for decades. "I am the first and only female spine surgeon ever at Temple ...

Hospital managers today promised to review every single operation carried out by a pioneering woman surgeon who has been suspended following complaints about her work. Consultant surgeon Briony ...

Of more than 1,400 NHS staff quizzed, 63% of female surgeons reported being the target of sexual harassment ranging from “uninvited comments” about their body to being “threatened for ...

A new survey found that female NHS staff are being sexually abused ... The study, published in the British Journal of Surgery (BJS), looked at unprofessional sexual behaviour in the past five ...

A group of female surgeons are heading up a new initiative to stop them being mistaken for non-surgical staff. To mark International Women's Day they have produced personalised theatre scrub caps ...