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.

The consumerization of medtech marches on: Amsterdam-based startup Lapsi Health has just clinched FDA approval for its first clinical support tool, a digital stethoscope. The U.S. medical devices ...

Wikimedia Commons. Satisfied with his design, Laennec went on to use the stethoscope to catalog and describe various sounds of the chest and correlate them to specific ailments.

Emily G. Jacobs is associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at University of California, Santa Barbara, and director of the Ann S. Bowers Women’s Brain Health Initiative ...

It's unknown how many older women have osteoporosis in the U.S. but, using criteria from the World Health Organization (WHO), it is estimated about 30% of caucasian postmenopausal women have ...

The NIH’s funding taxonomy, for example, does not even classify some aspects of women’s health research in a way that allows researchers to quickly obtain the information they need.

Lifestyle risks weigh heavier on women's hearts Findings challenge one-size-fits-all approach to screening and risk assessment in men and women Date: March 18, 2025 Source: American College of ...