Is White Coat Syndrome Real? White coat syndrome (also called white coat hypertension) happens when your blood pressure goes up at the doctor’s office, but is normal when you’re at home. The name ...

Monica Lypson, MD, keeps a white coat hanging on the back of her office door, just in case she needs it. As a professor of ...

Patients are still more likely to trust doctors and consider them more professional when they wear white coats, although women doctors in this attire are often misidentified as nurses or medical ...

A recent study of patients at 10 academic hospitals in the United States found that just over half care about what their doctors wear, most of them preferring the traditional white coat. Some doctors ...

Do doctors not wear white coats anymore? I thought those coats were supposed to have near-mystical powers, but the last few providers I’ve seen—including my new, young PCP, who seems to be fresh out ...

Patients are still more likely to trust doctors and consider them more professional when they wear white coats, although women doctors in this attire are often misidentified as nurses or medical ...

"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 ...