When you visit your family doctor, he may press a stethoscope to your chest or back to listen to whatever thumps and gurglings are going on inside your body to get a clue to your health. Consider, ...

The stethoscope is one of the most important and perhaps the most recognizable of all tools used by health care professionals. But new research finds they are often crawling with bacteria, including ...

Could the stethoscope that a healthcare worker uses to examine a patient could be a source of additional trouble? Yes, especially for patients who are admitted in intensive care units (ICUs) and wards ...

For the study, researchers analyzed the DNA of bacterial populations found on 40 stethoscopes in one hospital’s intensive care unit, including 20 reusable scopes used by practitioners and 20 ...

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 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 ...

You could be at risk if your doctor is monitoring you with unhygienic stethoscopes. There is a chance you may contract infections by antibiotic-resistant superbugs, researchers have warned. Infection ...

The stethoscope looks like the round metal part of a traditional stethoscope without the long tubes. Health workers at New York's Bellevue Hospital are treating Ebola patient Dr. Craig Spencer using a ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala.--In collaboration with Active Signal Technologies, a Small Business Innovation Research partner, USAARL developed a stethoscope in 2007 that can be used to listen to heart and lung ...