History of your doctor’s stethoscope How did a physician listen to a patient’s heartbeat or breathing before the invention of the stethoscope? He listened, he put his ear right down on the patient’s ...

Let’s face it, healthcare has become less about care and more about cash. Enter UnitedHealthcare, playing a game of Monopoly with our arteries. In their latest feat of fiscal gymnastics, the corporate ...

The medical professional wearing a stethoscope is a familiar image, but Northwestern University wants to change that. Instead of someone hanging an ancient device around their neck to listen inside of ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "M*A*S*H" veteran Alan Alda will dust off his stethoscope to play an oncologist in an episode of Showtime's cancer comedy, "The Big C." His character, Dr. Atticus ...