The stethoscope may be an icon of the medical profession. But as a tool of the trade, many veteran physicians fear it is becoming a useless prop of doctorhood. As physicians rely on more accurate ...

And, now, teaching stethoscopes are also available when two people can simultaneously listen to the sounds of the heart and lungs. One can get a stethoscope with a single tube or a double tube, ...

While stethoscopes can transmit the same germs as unclean hands, none of the doctors in a recent study bothered to clean them between patients. And that was the case even after an educational ...

The Teaching Stethoscopes market revenue was $Million USD in 2016, grew to $Million USD in 2020, and will reach $Million USD in 2026, with a CAGR of $during 2020-2026 ...

Craig Nuttall, a nursing professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, says he also works in an emergency room when he's not teaching, and he has found that using a regular stethoscope is almost ...

Many teaching hospitals use simulation mannequins for this kind of practice, but aside from the tens of thousands of dollars they cost, they tend to be complex machines that require setup by a ...

The claim: Your doctor’s stethoscope is more contaminated with germs and bacteria than the back of her hand, finds a new study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The research: Swiss researchers sampled ...

Sometimes, the best way to make new technology appealing is to integrate it into existing devices. That’s the idea behind the Eko Core, a tool that brings the modern stethoscope into the age of ...

The schools were given a free box that included medical teaching materials such as a stethoscope, sponges with blunt needles to practice suturing, pulse oximeters and supporting worksheets, as well as ...

A Facebook group called “Show me your stethoscope” has made it clear, you don’t mess with nurses. If anyone had any doubts about that before “The View,” co-host Michelle Collins poked ...

"Stethoscopes are used repeatedly throughout the day and become contaminated after each patient exposure, ... and attending physicians at a tertiary care academic teaching hospital.

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 ...