Every doctor is known for their stethoscope, arguably the most important medical tool in history. But how does it work? Where ...

While a stethoscope will tell you if someone has a respiratory ailment, it will only share that information in the few minutes it's being used by a trained physician. A new wearable device could ...

Valvular heart disease (VHD) is a quiet killer, remorseless in its progression until it is lifesaving intervention that is ...

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A new handheld medical device could potentially replace a stethoscope as a tool for detecting valvular heart disease, say ...

The medical professional wearing a stethoscope is a familiar image, but Northwestern University wants to change that. Instead of someone hanging an ancient device around their neck to listen ...

For all their education, medical practitioners sometimes forget that what’s old hat to them is new territory for their ...

The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed a device that makes it easy for people with or without medical training to record heart sounds accurately. Unlike a stethoscope ...