No implement better visually identifies a physician than does the stethoscope, the acoustic medical device that enables medical personnel to listen to the internal sounds produced by the body.

Nurses play a crucial role in any healthcare system, carrying out a variety of tasks that require detailed auditory assessments – from monitoring heart rhythms to examining lung sounds. This ...

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 ...

Stethoscopes powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect three different heart conditions in seconds, according to researchers. The traditional stethoscope, invented in 1816 to listen to ...

About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it. The AI stethoscope analyses small changes to the heartbeat and blood ...

Superior Sound Transmission: The dual-tubing design of this Medline Sprague Rappaport Stethoscope ensures the faintest of sounds are clearly audible, enhancing diagnostic accuracy for healthcare ...

TORONTO, July 7, 2021 /CNW/ - Although many Canadians have been seeing their GPs virtually since March 2020 and intend to continue with virtual care for non-emergency appointments, three-quarters of ...