The stethoscope is a medical instrument used to listen to and amplify the internal sounds produced by the body. Physicians still use the sounds they hear through stethoscopes as initial indicators of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (KFSN) -- It's used by almost every doctor who has ever practiced medicine. But after two centuries of use, the stethoscope is finally getting an update that can help in the doctor's ...

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

After listening to a patients’ heart and lung sounds, many specialists will write a note describing what they heard in the electronic medical record. The problems with that include: • These ...

You no longer have to be in the same room as your doctor to have them listen to your heart. Waikato District Health Board is trialling the use of an electronic stethoscope - a New Zealand first. The ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (WPVI) -- The stethoscope has been a vital tool for health professionals since it was invented in 1816 by French physician Rene Laennec. But a new high-tech device is giving the ...

In a monthly column for PBS NewsHour, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern medicine, like the invention of the stethoscope. Photo By BSIP/UIG via Getty Images. Long ...

First-year medical students at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona and Rochester participated in stethoscope ...

Editor's note: One of the most intriguing stories we ran in 2015 looked at — and listened to — how the invention of the stethoscope changed medicine. We're presenting it again, in case you missed it ...