Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s time for your annual physical, and simply thinking about it fills you with a sense of dread that descends like a curtain.

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

Is there a more iconic symbol of the physician than the white coat? Think of America’s most famous fictional doctors: Marcus Welby, Dr. John Carter, every soap opera doctor who ever graced daytime.

It’s a white coat, a cotton-blend garment worn over a dress or a shirt and tie with no extraordinary intrinsic value. Except for this: Who would you rather see standing beside your bed when you wake ...