Although casual dress has become the fashion rule in many workplaces, we prefer our doctors to be dressed neatly and formally in the old-fashioned white lab coat. So says Dr. Lawrence J. Brandt, a ...

Medical professionals presented 170 first-year students with short white lab coats at the Medical SchoolâÄôs White Coat Ceremony Friday at Northrop Auditorium âÄî an annual event that welcomes ...

2:45 p.m.: Participating students asked to arrive in Ballroom C for white coat distribution and line up by program. 3:00 p.m.: Doors open for visiting guests 3:30 p.m - 4:30 p.m.: Procession and ...

When family-practice doctor Nicholas Biasotto sees patients in his medical office, he dresses in shirt, slacks and a tie. What’s missing from Biasotto’s attire is a lab coat, an accessory that, since ...

With reports proving that germs can reside on scrubs, ties, stethoscopes, and white lab coats, some have said doctors should just go naked In 1990, a young female physician might wake in the early ...

COATESVILLE-Fifty high school students just received their very first white lab coats as they continue to explore the field of health care and practice life skills to ensure future success. A White ...

The American Medical Association voted Tuesday on a resolution that would recommend hospitals ban doctors’ iconic white lab coats, citing evidence that the garment contributes to the spread of ...

The New York Times reports on a study finding that when people put on a white doctor’s coat, their ability to pay attention increases sharply. Scientists conducting the study, which was published on ...

They came from Colorado, they came from Arizona and they also came from the not-so-distant suburbs of Washington, D.C. Dozens of women wearing white lab coats joined the hundreds of thousands who ...