Does it make a difference? A study present at the ACC Meetings suggest so:
Female physicians are better than men in treating fellow women with high-blood pressure and cholesterol, and they also are better at helping men control cholesterol, the Swedish study found . . .. . . One reason for the better cholesterol-control may be that the women doctors studied were more likely to prescribe lipid-lowering statins.
As for other explanatory factors for the results, Gunilla hypothesized that, “it could be communication,” notably, potentially better people skills of women doctors.
