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 ...

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 ...

Nova Scotia’s cardiologists make frequent trips to hospitals in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and remote centres in ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans die from heart disease–the leading cause of death in the country. In some ...

LAWRENCE - There is encouraging news about the role of artificial intelligence in health care. Normally, blood flows from one heart chamber to another, passing through little doors called valves that ...

In 1816, French physician Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec had a young woman on his exam table, and no idea what to do with her. She’d come in complaining of chest pains, and their conversation and ...

You can lead a doctor to disinfection, but how do you get them to clean ... or wipe ... or swab a stethoscope? That's the question raised by a new quality improvement ...

The brain can be a tricky organ to monitor, but two new studies have demonstrated novel ways to peer inside. Stanford scientists have created what they call a "brain stethoscope" that translates brain ...

Morgan Lee-Stephens noticed she was becoming increasingly out of puff walking uphill to pick up her grandchildren from school. She also had some chest pain and felt momentarily dizzy. 'The walk was on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The basic premise of the stethoscope has been around for centuries, largely unchanged. Jonathan Kitchen/DigitalVision via Getty ...