For the Lungs: A Few Extra Sets of Ears

From: The Washington Post | Date: January 29, 2008 | Copyright information

For doctors, the way to a patient's lungs has always been through the ears -- the doctor's ears, that is, aided, of course, by a stethoscope. With the right training and experience, a physician can hear whether the lungs are filling with fluid, clogged by pneumonia or constricted by asthma.

But hearing is often open to interpretation. A new device, above, goes the stethoscope one better, letting the doctor see what he hears -- without the need to use radiation or an invasive proce...

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