(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...
When you or your kid have any sort of respiratory issue, figuring out what’s happening minute by minute — and how well treatment is working — is a stressful, frustrating and anxiety-filled process. I ...
The Steth IO device turns an iPhone into a smart stethoscope, helping doctors detect and diagnose heart problems. (Steth IO Image via YouTube) The stethoscope is an enduring symbol of medicine, but ...
The stethoscope is having a crossroads moment. Perhaps more than at any time in its two-century history, this ubiquitous tool of the medical profession is at the center of debate over how medicine ...
Pneumonia, an acute respiratory condition which affects the lungs, kills millions of people around the world each year. This includes 16 percent of all children who die under the age of five. It’s ...
In 2015, Wojciech Radomski posted a message on Facebook looking for doctors. He had spent ten years running a software firm based in Poznan, Poland, building IT systems for big companies, but had ...
The doctor's stethoscope is a ubiquitous tool typically used early on during a medical examination, then put to the side. Northwestern University researchers are envisioning a kind of continuous, ...