Doctors have been listening to the sounds our bodies make for years. Before the invention of stethoscopes, they simply put their ears to their patients' chests or abdomens. The technical term for this ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The stethoscope is considered to be the first diagnostic tool introduced into modern medicine. From the Greek ...

In a monthly column for PBS NewsHour, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern medicine, like the invention of the stethoscope. Photo By BSIP/UIG via Getty Images. Long ...

New 3D-printed stethogram, a low-cost digital stethoscope and app. The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a serious issue for doctors and nurses assessing a patient’s heart and lungs with a traditional ...

A re-invented stethoscope with artificial intelligence could diagnose Pneumonia by listening to a patient's lungs. Scientists have invented the gadget to be able to spot warning signs - without the ...

Is high-tech imaging replacing rubber tubing and ear buds? Doctors used to just put an ear up to a patient’s chest and listen. Then, in 1816, things changed. Thirty-five-year-old Paris physician Rene ...

The humble stethoscope carried by physicians and other professionals in the intensive care unit (ICU) is laden with a wide range of bacteria, including bacteria known to cause infections acquired in ...

To hear a patient's heart, doctors used to just put an ear up to a patient's chest and listen. Then, in 1816, things changed. Lore has it that 35-year-old Paris physician Rene Laennec was caring for a ...

Itappears teensmay notbe the only frequent users of MP3 players in the future: Medical professionals may one dayswap music playersfor stethoscopes to listen to and record patients' heartbeats and ...

Stethoscopes: new research suggests that they are potential breeding ground for bugs If there's one piece of modern equipment that both symbolises the mystical authority of the doctor and provides a ...