Researchers developed a new digital stethoscope that combines precision sensors, electrocardiogram technology and machine learning applications into one piece of equipment to better detect heart ...

As a necessary part of patient health assessment and diagnosis, stethoscopes are one of the most valuable tools for healthcare professionals. But not all stethoscopes are equal. These tools can differ ...

The basic premise of the stethoscope has been around for centuries, largely unchanged. Jonathan Kitchen/DigitalVision via Getty Images When someone opens the door and enters a hospital room, wearing a ...

LAWRENCE - There is encouraging news about the role of artificial intelligence in health care. Normally, blood flows from one heart chamber to another, passing through little doors called valves that ...

A team of researchers have developed an open-source, clinically validated template for a 3-D printed stethoscope for use in areas of the world with limited access to medical supplies -- places where a ...

Pneumonia, an acute respiratory condition which affects the lungs, kills millions of people around the world each year. This includes 16 percent of all children who die under the age of five. It’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eko Devices, a company featured in the 2014 Forbes 30 Under 30 list for healthcare, announced today that it has closed a $2 million funding round for its digital stethoscope attachment, the Eko Core.

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 ...