Many inventions get revised over time. The pandemic gave one medical school student an idea about changing the stethoscope.

Digital stethoscope company Eko has received FDA clearance for its artificial intelligence-powered algorithms to help detect heart conditions such as murmurs and atrial fibrillation during a routine ...

Point-of-care, handheld ultrasound (HHUS) is already a valuable adjunct to the stethoscope and plays an important and increasing role in medical education and physical diagnosis. Whether it will ...

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 ...

A stethoscope "upgraded" with AI technology can help doctors detect three heart conditions in just 15 seconds. This is the revelation of researchers from Imperial College in the UK, who have shown ...

While stethoscopes can transmit the same germs as unclean hands, none of the doctors in a recent study bothered to clean them between patients. And that was the case even after an educational ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Installation of a stethoscope disinfection device increased hand hygiene ...

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The brain can be a tricky organ to monitor, but two new studies have demonstrated novel ways to peer inside. Stanford scientists have created what they call a "brain stethoscope" that translates brain ...

The source of the sound Researchers find that the Kortokoff sounds heard through a stethoscope may not be sound waves at all. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Elle Aon) Tap ...