Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The basic premise of the stethoscope has been around for centuries, largely unchanged. Jonathan Kitchen/DigitalVision via Getty ...

New research shows that the use of an AI-enabled digital stethoscope more than doubled the identification of moderate to ...

The market for stethoscope hygiene devices is estimated to be worth USD 47.4 Million in 2022, according to Future Market Insights’ most recent industry analysis. Over the course of the forecast period ...

New research suggests that intelligence-infused stethoscopes can spot heart valve disease earlier than General Practitioners.

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 ...

A new study suggests stethoscopes need to be cleaned more diligently. The stethoscope has long been an iconic symbol of health care used for listening to the heart, intestines, lungs and blood flow.

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 ...