When someone opens the door and enters a hospital room, wearing a stethoscope is a telltale sign that they’re a clinician.

Medical evacuation flights can put casualties in harm's way owing to the ambient noise of the aircraft. The noise overwhelms the acoustic properties of stethoscopes and prevents caregivers from ...

A new study suggests stethoscopes need to be cleaned more diligently. The stethoscope has long been an iconic symbol of health care used for listening to the heart, intestines, lungs and blood flow.