Source: estableman/Pixabay René Laennec and Anna Li are both innovative problem-finders from the world of medicine. In the 1860s, Laennec, a French physician, wanted a more effective way to listen to ...

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 ...

The stethoscope may be an icon of the medical profession to most patients. But it’s more of a relic to many doctors. The device used to listen to the heart, lungs and other body parts — invented ...

Some experts are saying its time for doctors to toss their stethoscopes in the trash. Dr. Jagat Narula, associate dean for global affairs at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, and Dr. Bret ...

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 ...

Update below When Dr. Raj Kapoor, the CEO of Rijuven, talks about how its Cardiosleeve device fits into the electronic stethoscope market, he sees it as achieving something that no other company has.

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The millions of physicians and nurses around the globe who use stethoscopes every day as a first-line diagnostic instrument have a new tool in their arsenal. 3M ...

A new study suggests stethoscopes need to be cleaned more diligently. The stethoscope has long been an iconic symbol of health care used for listening to the heart, intestines, lungs and blood flow.

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 ...