LAWRENCE - There is encouraging news about the role of artificial intelligence in health care. Normally, blood flows from one heart chamber to another, passing through little doors called valves that ...

Stethoscopes powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect three different heart conditions in seconds, researchers say. The original stethoscope, invented in 1816, allows doctors to ...

No implement better visually identifies a physician than does the stethoscope, the acoustic medical device that enables medical personnel to listen to the internal sounds produced by the body.

About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it. The AI stethoscope analyses small changes to the heartbeat and blood ...

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 remains a staple ...

We are getting that much closer to building the doctor’s office of the future right within our homes today. Digital health diagnostic tools startup CliniCloud has launched a line of ...

Nurses play a crucial role in any healthcare system, carrying out a variety of tasks that require detailed auditory assessments – from monitoring heart rhythms to examining lung sounds. This ...

AI stethoscope detects heart failure, AFib, and valve disease in just 15 seconds More than doubles early detection rates in GP practices Works in regular clinics without advanced cardiac training ...

In recent years, it's become painfully clear to everyone working in medicine that frequent hand washing is crucial to stopping the spread of infection in hospital settings. Nowadays, every hospital ...

Doctors have been listening to the sounds our bodies make for years. Before the invention of stethoscopes, they simply put their ears to their patients' chests or abdomens. The technical term for this ...

A Google Images search for “doctor” reveals essentially the same picture: a doctor wearing a crisply ironed white coat with a stethoscope draped, scarf-like, around the neck. The only difference ...

A team of experts in Florida recently developed a portable device called HeartBuds which could be plugged into smartphones and may soon replace traditional stethoscopes for thorough check-ups.