Doctors have been listening to the sounds our bodies make for years. Before the invention of stethoscopes, they simply put their ears to their patients' chests or abdomens. The technical term for this ...

When a doctor puts a stethoscope on a patient's chest, he or she usually asks the patient to breathe in deeply and breathe out slowly. This is quite common when a patient has a cold or serious cough: ...

CB is concentric submucosal fibrosis of the bronchiolar airway leading to narrowing and obliteration. Shortness of breath is the most common presenting symptom and early inspiratory crackles are heard ...