BOISE, Idaho -- The mental lightbulb lit up in Dr. Brian Kerr's brain during a routine day at a Boise hospital. Registered nurse Carleen Egbert and anesthesiologist Kerr watched an older patient ...

For young patients, the hospital experience can be a frightening one. Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline has developed a new line of hospital gowns geared toward pediatric patients to help them feel more ...

While patient hospital gowns serve a number of practical purposes, the psychological effects of donning them may be more harmful than good, a physician argues in an opinion piece in The New York Times ...

Part of John Kasun’s recent article in the Altoona Mirror about decency with regard to hospital gowns struck a longstanding grievance with me. For the past 60-plus years, I have felt that a person who ...

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) -- Fighting brain cancer, little Giada Demma was lying in her pediatric hospital bed, her tiny body virtually swimming in a drab green hospital gown. Her cousin, Giuliana Demma, ...

Manchester City football shirts have been transformed into medical-grade hospital gowns for sick kids as part of a special project. The custom made innovative footy-themed gowns are now being used at ...

The modesty gowns were created with Muslims in mind, but they will be offered to any patient who feels uncomfortable with regular hospital gowns that reveal more of one’s body. When Mona Rippy took ...