Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope — the very symbol of the medical profession — is facing an uncertain prognosis. It is threatened by hand-held devices that are also pressed against ...

The stethoscope is one of the most important and perhaps the most recognizable of all tools used by health care professionals. But new research finds they are often crawling with bacteria, including ...

A novel stethoscope using Doppler technology comparable to police radar is under evaluation by the U.S. Army as a way to save soldiers' lives on noisy medical evacuation helicopters. In normal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study utilized a digital stethoscope that records ECGs and heart sounds and then uses an AI algorithm to ...

Source: estableman/Pixabay René Laennec and Anna Li are both innovative problem-finders from the world of medicine. In the 1860s, Laennec, a French physician, wanted a more effective way to listen to ...

Roxette and D.H.T. sang, "listen to your heart." But if a stethoscope is used to do so, what bacteria may be calling for you? Determining the types of bacteria found on stethoscopes was the goal of a ...

This digital stethoscope calculates beats per minute and provides an alert if the rate falls out of a specified range while displaying the heartbeat on any television. The stethoscope is the first ...