Medical researchers find 80 percent of stethoscopes are contaminated; Switch to antimicrobial copper alloys reduces bacteria levels by 91 percent LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--There are now two ...

Though doctors may disinfect their hands to prevent spreading illness, there may be another bacteria-ridden object they have on them that doesn't get the same cleaning treatment: their stethoscopes. A ...

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 ...

History of your doctor’s stethoscope How did a physician listen to a patient’s heartbeat or breathing before the invention of the stethoscope? He listened, he put his ear right down on the patient’s ...

Could the stethoscope that a healthcare worker uses to examine a patient could be a source of additional trouble? Yes, especially for patients who are admitted in intensive care units (ICUs) and wards ...

A Palestinian-Canadian doctor has created a low-cost stethoscope using a 3-D printer, the first in a series of inventions he hopes will help alleviate medical supply shortages caused by an eight-year ...

The Kids Doctor Kit with Electronic Stethoscope is on sale for $15.99 (47% off) with this Lightning Deal at Amazon right now! The kit has an assortment of 12 medical tools & gadgets with sound effects ...

Ask any doctor and it’s likely they’ll remember it – the weight of it, the colour, the pride of wearing it for the first time. The day a medical student gets their first stethoscope is the day they ...

A doctor in the Gaza Strip who was faced with the fallout of an eight-year blockade in the territory has taken matters into his own hands and created a low-cost stethoscope with a 3D printer. The ...

Dr. Hugh Vincent Ashley Sr. was the son of Dr. John and Hannah Hughes Ashley. The elder Dr. Ashley was a medical doctor and Methodist minister and missionary, who came to the United States from ...