Traditional patient gowns range from uncomfortable to dehumanizing, past research shows. To improve patient experience, some health systems have rolled out redesigned gowns, according to the ...

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 ...

Curious why medical patient attire is so unflattering, a reader asks our fashion critic if it’s intentional. By Vanessa Friedman Why are hospital gowns always so awful? Is asking patients to wear ugly ...

It's equal parts wardrobe malfunction and psychological assault, and it somehow manages to make even the healthiest among us feel fragile and exposed. But guess what? Researchers have dug deeper into ...