Sound is not just something we hear—it’s vibration, and vibration interacts directly with the human body at a cellular level.

During even the most routine visits, physicians listen to sounds inside their patients’ bodies — air moving in and out of the lungs, heart beats, and even digested food progressing through the long ...

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From heart beats to stomach gurgles, sounds hold important health information. New wireless devices sit on skin to continuously capture these sounds, then stream data to smartphones or tablets in real ...

A health care worker places the wearable devices across a patient's chest to capture sounds throughout the lungs that are associated with breathing. During even the most routine visits, physicians ...