As a necessary part of patient health assessment and diagnosis, stethoscopes are one of the most valuable tools for healthcare professionals. But not all stethoscopes are equal. These tools can differ ...

LAWRENCE - There is encouraging news about the role of artificial intelligence in health care. Normally, blood flows from one heart chamber to another, passing through little doors called valves that ...

An AI-enabled stethoscope can help doctors pick up three heart conditions in just 15 seconds, according to the results of a real-world trial presented at the European Society of Cardiology's annual ...

When someone opens the door and enters a hospital room, wearing a stethoscope is a telltale sign that they’re a clinician. This medical device has been around for over 200 years and remains a staple ...

The evolution of modern medicine has led to a critical reliance on stethoscopes in the daily care of our patients. Stethoscopes, also considered to be the "third hand," are used routinely by almost ...

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 ...

The first artificial intelligence (AI) stethoscope has gone beyond listening to a heartbeat. Researchers at Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust discovered that an AI ...

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 ...

Morgan Lee-Stephens noticed she was becoming increasingly out of puff walking uphill to pick up her grandchildren from school. She also had some chest pain and felt momentarily dizzy. 'The walk was on ...

We've all been there. You're driving along and you begin to hear a noise that wasn't there before. You know something might be wrong, but you just can't seem to pinpoint where the sound is coming from ...