Learn about auscultation and how doctors use stethoscopes to find problems in the heart, lungs, and abdomen. ... doctors usually start by placing the stethoscope on the front of the chest on one side.

Single-head stethoscopes require a person to put more or less pressure on the chest piece to hear high or low frequencies. Digital stethoscopes, on the other hand, record the sounds a person hears.

The traditional doctor's stethoscope was invented in 1816, but almost 200 years later it is possible to place a smartphone on your chest and record a heartbeat. An app developed by a team ...

A stethoscope is one of the most valued tool in healthcare. Here are the stethoscopes doctors, ... The larger chest piece and deeper bell on this stethoscope allow for maximum sound pickup.

A heart murmur is, as the name suggests, a sound that occurs during a heartbeat, caused by rapid, turbulent blood flow ...

She also had some chest pain and felt momentarily dizzy. 'The walk was on a slight incline, but I'm a fit gym-goer — I went three times a week, including a boxing class — so it wasn't normal ...

This year at CES, Withings announced its next home health innovation: the BeamO, which is a four-in-one thermometer, electrocardiogram, oximeter and stethoscope.

Unlike a stethoscope, the team explained that the device works well - even if it’s not placed precisely on the chest: as it's larger, flexible sensing area helps capture clearer heart sounds ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a non-invasive wearable electronic ear that's designed to wirelessly monitor what's going on inside a patient's body in real time, and found ...