The stethoscope may be an icon of the medical profession, but as a tool of the trade, many veteran physicians fear it is becoming a useless prop of doctorhood. As physicians rely on more accurate and ...

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 ...

We’re all accustomed to our doctor using a stethoscope to listen to our heart at just about every visit. It’s one of the most fundamental screening tools. Now, thanks to artificial intelligence, the ...

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 ...

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 ...