The only difference between the images is the actual doctor—man or woman; white or black or Asian. The stethoscope sits ... heart,” she whispers to her friend, as if they’ve both shared ...

This week, at the age of 90, the Gardena doctor is finally hanging up his stethoscope ... He dispensed with a tie and white coat years ago, preferring to meet with his patients in a golf ...

The beautiful baby girl fidgets in her mother’s lap as the kindly doctor with a stethoscope around her ... “OK, my little friend,’’ the doctor says as 10-month-old Alana Nguyen suddenly ...

One stethoscope was found to be more contaminated with bacteria than the palm of a doctor's hand after being used to examine 71 patients. Study finds dirty stethoscopes may be helping to spread ...

Stethoscopes can pick up bacteria directly from a patient's skin Doctors should disinfect their stethoscopes after every examination because the instruments are heavily contaminated by bacteria ...