LSU Health Shreveport is hosting "Day with the Doctors" on January 21, 2026, to give 50 high-achieving students from Caddo ...

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

Lab coats: they’re white, mostly plain, boxy. Functional, and ultimately sartorially boring. But ask any doctor or lab tech about their lab coat and they will chat up a storm. Often about how they can ...

Studies find hospital workers carry germs on coats%2C ties%2C even shoes Up to 70%25 of physicians admit to never cleaning their ties Even disinfecting cellphones and pagers is recommended Do you know ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Picture a doctor in your mind's eye, and what do you see? A stethoscope, maybe. Perhaps a little black bag. And almost certainly ...

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 ...

Dr. Anil Singhal hasn't worn a tie to work in years and there is a reason. "I've seen times where the neck tie gets in the way and gets potentially contaminated with blood, body fluids, nasal ...