But some argue that the stethoscope is becoming less useful in this digital age. Bret Nelson , an emergency medicine physician at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, said clinicians now get a lot more ...

Stethoscopes can pick up bacteria directly from a patient's skin Doctors should disinfect their stethoscopes after every examination because the instruments are heavily contaminated by bacteria, a ...

The stethoscope celebrates its 200th birthday this year. A Parisian doctor invented the medical device in 1816 in order to treat to a patient with heart disease. But many now believe with modern ...

Although healthcare workers’ hands are the main source of bacterial transmission in hospitals, physician’s stethoscopes have now been found to actually play a major role in spreading deadly ...

Innovations in this field of stethoscope hygiene are expected to increase as the national regulations around antimicrobial stewardship are strengthening, thus putting the fight against rising ...

The $249.95 Withings BeamO is an at-home thermometer, stethoscope, pulse oximeter, and EKG in a single device to make telehealth visits easier. It does a little bit of everything.