Doctors have been listening to the sounds our bodies make for years. Before the invention of stethoscopes, they simply put their ears to their patients' chests or abdomens. The technical term for this ...

The humble stethoscope carried by physicians and other professionals in the intensive care unit (ICU) is laden with a wide range of bacteria, including bacteria known to cause infections acquired in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The stethoscope is considered to be the first diagnostic tool introduced into modern medicine. From the Greek ...

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 ...

Over the years, scientists have mostly interpreted the world through what they can see. But in the past few decades, a culture of listening has blossomed, especially among biologists who seek to ...

A Google Images search for “doctor” reveals essentially the same picture: a doctor wearing a crisply ironed white coat with a stethoscope draped, scarf-like, around the neck. The only difference ...

Is high-tech imaging replacing rubber tubing and ear buds? Doctors used to just put an ear up to a patient’s chest and listen. Then, in 1816, things changed. Thirty-five-year-old Paris physician Rene ...

Many physicians cling to Asclepios's staff as the quintessential insignia of our craft, no doubt debating endlessly whether it should have one or two ascending snakes. Some doctors cherish instead the ...

Dear Doctor: I have a noise problem with my 2001 GMC 2500 heavy-duty pickup with 120,000 miles and the Duramax diesel engine. The noise started about a year ago and it seems to be coming from the ...