The basic premise of the stethoscope has been around for centuries, largely unchanged. Jonathan Kitchen/DigitalVision via ...

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 ...

Kidney specialist Steven Peitzman, a professor at Drexel University College of Medicine, says physicians who are now in their 60s and 70s used to get praise if they had the "ear" to hear and interpret ...

Editor's note: One of the most intriguing stories we ran in 2015 looked at — and listened to — how the invention of the stethoscope changed medicine. We're presenting it again, in case you missed it ...

Ask Dr. Dennis Niewoehner what brand of stethoscope he uses, and the lung expert is stumped. Stethoscopes can be useful for listening to certain lung symptoms, says Niewoehner, a pulmonologist at the ...

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 ...

You no longer have to be in the same room as your doctor to have them listen to your heart. Waikato District Health Board is trialling the use of an electronic stethoscope - a New Zealand first. The ...

PITTSBURGH, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a stethoscope that utilizes modern technology to enhance listening capabilities for medical professionals," said an inventor, from Las ...

No one suggests that a catchy song can fully eliminate serious pain. But several recent studies, including in the journals ...