What You Need To Do To Live Longer

If you really want to live longer, then you are going to have to switch one thing up. And, it will surprise you to know what that one thing is.

Women to the rescue again! According to NBC News, if you want to live longer then you need to get a woman doctor. That's the conclusion of a new Harvard study that found elderly patients are less likely to die if they are treated by a woman.

In fact, if all doctors performed as well as women doctors, some 32,000 lives would be saved each year. And female docs are pulling this off while being paid less and promoted less often than men! So why is this?

Study lead author Dr. Ashish Jha said, "The data out there says that women physicians tend to be a little bit better at sticking to the evidence and doing the things that we know work better." Previous research has shown "female physicians have a more patient-centered communication style, are more encouraging and reassuring, and have longer visits than male physicians."

[via: NBC News]