Marty Smith is the brains (or lack thereof) behind Dr. Know and skirts the fine line between “cultural commentator” and “bum” ...

We see several doctors and nurses wearing white coats in the hospital. People whether doctor, lawyer etc. working in any profession have their own identity. Isn't it! In the various professions colour ...

The jury’s still out when it comes to whether the traditional white doctor's coat is a potential vehicle for spreading germs. While proper handwashing is still the key to preventing transmission of ...

It’s a white coat, a cotton-blend garment worn over a dress or a shirt and tie with no extraordinary intrinsic value. Except for this: Who would you rather see standing beside your bed when you wake ...

PITTSBURGH – For years, Leslie Latterman and her female medical residents at Allegheny General Hospital would have the same conversations about the boxy, clunky white coats they wore in the hospital.

His traditional physician’s white coat meant something to Dr. Paul Klotman before the COVID-19 pandemic: respect, authority and an air of cleanliness. But during this year’s annual White Coat Ceremony ...

Anyone who has considered medicine as a career imagines walking into a white, clean exam room with the power to comfort and heal the sick. To add to this angelic fantasy, we do not forget to imagine ...

Doctors can get dirty. They spend their days poking and prodding their way through rounds, visiting with patients who may be coughing or puking or pooping or peeing or bleeding. Microscopic organisms ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — More than 7000 people applied to OHSU’s School of Medicine. Of those 160 were selected and they symbolically slipped on their white doctor’s coat for the first time Friday at ...

The white coat has remained a traditional symbol of the medical profession for as long as we know. However, its relevance stands questioned today. Arguing about the perils of the white coat, Dr ...