The image of a doctor with a stethoscope hanging around the neck may seem iconic, but in fact, this image may not last much longer, as hand-held ultrasound devices are predicted to replace 200 ...

Doctors' hands, though, aren't the only things that come into contact with sick patients over and over again. The trusty stethoscope, one of the most basic and important tools in a physician's ...

Dr. Eric Topol, a world-renowned cardiologist, considers the stethoscope obsolete, nothing more than a pair of “rubber tubes.” It “was OK for 200 years,” Topol said. But “we need to go ...

There are no official guidelines that tell doctors how often they should clean their stethoscopes, the researchers said. "The more you have bacteria on the fingertips, the more you find bacteria ...

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Doctors' hands, though, aren't the only things that come into contact with sick patients over and over again. The trusty stethoscope, one of the most basic and important tools in a physician's ...