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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Miami fashion designer Rene Ruiz made a stop at Jackson Memorial Hospital to showcase his latest designs. Rene decided to refashion the standard hospital gown in the transplant unit, creating a more ...

Whether its blue or spotted or stripped, the standard issue hospital gown is drafty and revealing. It’s embarrassing for just about anyone who’s spent a night in a medical center. Subscribe to read ...