I’ve read that the stethoscope is being replaced in many practices by handheld Dopplers. Please say it isn’t so. —Chagai Dubrawsky, MD, Houston It isn’t so and will not be so, though your question ...

The stethoscope – the most used and recognized symbol of medicine – is getting a modern, digital makeover. While preserving the standard look and function of traditional stethoscopes, a digital ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to TytoCare Inc's digital stethoscope, which is intended for use by consumers and will provide the "missing link that will help ...

Thinklabs' Stethoscope App for iPhone revolutionizes the stethoscope with display, recording and email of heart and lung sounds right at the bedside, in the physician office or remote care environment ...

“It must be confessed that there is something even ludicrous in the picture of a grave physician formally listening through a long tube applied to the patient’s thorax, as if the disease within were a ...

"This technology will enable nurses, medical students and physicians themselves to actually assess their patient right there and they will be able to determine if the patient is having silent seizures ...

Stethoscopes have become a fashion item. Unlike when I started out as a junior doctor – when we carried our stethoscopes folded up in the pockets of a white coat – the current trend is to wear the ...