The basic premise of the stethoscope has been around for centuries, largely unchanged. Jonathan Kitchen/DigitalVision via ...

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

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 ...

A grieving father listened to his son’s beating heart with a stethoscope two years after his death in a car accident. Jordan Spahn, 47, lost his 21-year-old son Matthew in October 2018 when he was hit ...

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 ...

(HealthDay News) — A new type of acoustic sensor that resembles a small Band-Aid on the skin can monitor heartbeat and other health measures, according to a study published online Nov. 16 in Science ...

A stethoscope that can "listen" smarter than the human ear is being called a medical game-changer. Researchers in the UK say this updated version of the classic tool can detect three major heart ...

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

More than 6 million Americans have heart failure, according to the CDC. Worldwide more than 11 million people have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, or a weak heart pump. That’s according ...