In recent years, the sounds it transmits from the heart, lungs, blood vessels and bowels have been digitized, amplified, filtered and recorded. Four months ago, the Food and Drug Administration ...

This digital stethoscope calculates beats per minute and provides an alert if the rate falls out of a specified range while displaying the heartbeat on any television. The stethoscope is the first ...

Hearing your unborn baby’s heartbeat for the first time is something you’ll never forget. An ultrasound can pick up this beautiful sound as early as the 6th week, and you can hear it with a fetal ...

Smart stethoscopes are being used by NHS doctors to help catch three deadly heart conditions in just 15 seconds. The classic stethoscope was invented in 1816 and has remained a vital part of a ...

A new device that attaches to a standard stethoscope is able to send a patients’ heartbeat information directly to a providers’ smartphone or other mobile device for review and analysis. The adapter, ...

Introduction Around Valentine's Day heart-shaped images seem to be everywhere. But our actual hearts are at work all year—every hour, minute and second. The heart works hardest when we physically ...

The Apple Watch is on the wrist of millions of users across the world. Over the years, Apple has developed algorithms that collect data from the integrated PPG sensor to sense irregular heart rhythms ...

Marburg Hospital's Centre for the Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases is using the cognitive computing system to solve some of the most complex medical cases. Read now In my last column, I wrote about two ...

Researchers have found a new way using Artificial Intelligence (AI) that could help in detecting three different heart conditions not in minutes, but in seconds. The study was conducted jointly by ...

BOSTON — One by one, the medical students bent down to listen to my heart. There were six of them, led by a bright-eyed physician with a charming Irish accent — so charming I almost didn’t care that ...