"White coat syndrome" is a common but often overlooked condition in children, where anxiety about doctor visits causes temporary spikes in blood pressure and heart rate. The name comes from the white ...

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A defining symbol of a profession may also be teeming with harmful bacteria and not washed as often as patients might hope. By Austin Frakt A majority of American doctors go more than a week before ...

There I was, crying once again all the way from the hospital's parking lot to my apartment, into the shower, and while trying to fall asleep. This had become the norm during my internal medicine ...