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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ask Dr. Dennis Niewoehner what brand of stethoscope he uses, and the lung expert is stumped. Stethoscopes can be useful for listening to certain lung symptoms, says Niewoehner, a pulmonologist at the ...

Editor's note: One of the most intriguing stories we ran in 2015 looked at — and listened to — how the invention of the stethoscope changed medicine. We're presenting it again, in case you missed it ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." We've all been there. You're driving along and you begin to hear a noise that wasn't there before. You ...

Researchers developed a new digital stethoscope that combines precision sensors, electrocardiogram technology and machine learning applications into one piece of equipment to better detect heart ...

In a monthly column for PBS NewsHour, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern medicine, like the invention of the stethoscope. Photo By BSIP/UIG via Getty Images. Long ...

Kidney specialist Steven Peitzman, a professor at Drexel University College of Medicine, says physicians who are now in their 60s and 70s used to get praise if they had the "ear" to hear and interpret ...