For nearly a half-century, pioneering Corvallis doctor Waldo Ball took the measure of thousands of patients on this wooden examination table, and as you look at the table, you have to wonder: How did ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is finalizing a new rule aimed at dramatically increasing the availability of medical examination tables, weight scales and other diagnostic equipment that’s accessible ...

In preparation for the opening of the Columbia Memorial Hospital Pediatric Clinic, Dr. Ramchander R. Madhavarapu (known as Dr. Rom)?and Dr. Katrina McPherson accepted the shipment of child-friendly ...

Background & Goal: Exam table paper is perceived as necessary for hygienic care; however, there is limited evidence for its efficacy. It may not stop disease transmission, and it may create a false ...

I am standing in the Covid-19 respiratory clinic, wearing a gown and a mask and a face shield, and I’m bending over the exam table, earnestly wiping it down with gloved hands and sanitizing wipes. I’m ...

Even medicine is susceptible to routines that are not backed by science. That is what Mary Jane Hampton, CBC Nova Scotia's health-care columnist, says about some of the common practices patients see ...