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 ...

San Francisco, CA - Calling into question the "time-honored" tradition of using third and fourth heart sounds to identify cardiac abnormalities, a new study indicates that the overall diagnostic ...

“We’ve called it Shazam for heartbeats. You know Shazam, the music identification app that helps you figure out what song is playing in Starbucks. We do the same thing, but for heart sounds.” That’s ...

Imagine if you could hold a stethoscope to your heart and find out with almost 90 percent accuracy if you were developing heart disease. Ph.D. student Valentina Dargam is working on a method to do ...

LAFOLLETTE, Tenn. (WATE) — February is American Heart Month, a time to focus on cardiovascular health as many Americans fight heart conditions each and every day. A LaFollette woman shared her journey ...