Households, especially those with elderly members, people with chronic illnesses or anyone with vulnerable health conditions, usually need to keep track of vital health parameters. Even otherwise, ...

Apple may soon add to the health-tracking features in Apple Watch with the ability to detect users’ blood oxygen levels and notify users when these are at a dangerously low level. 9to5Mac discovered ...

Blood oxygen saturation, or SpO2, sits between 95 and 100 percent for most healthy adults, according to the FDA. A reading of 92 percent or lower at home is the point where Cleveland Clinic tells ...

Doctors have sometimes failed to diagnose serious cases of Covid-19 among people of color — and the Food and Drug Administration acknowledges one reason may be flaws in devices it approved to measure ...

Pulse oximeters routinely overestimated levels of oxygen in the blood in darker-skinned Covid patients, leading to delays in treatment and hospital readmissions, according to a research article ...

Scientists have long known that pulse oximeters are less accurate when used for people with dark skin tones – and now, a new report offers some insight into just how much more inaccurate these ...

The pulse oximeter, a device that measures the degree to which red blood cells are saturated with oxygen, is one of health care's most fundamental tools. So when Dr. Noha Aboelata learned that ...

People with blood oxygen levels shouldn't be conscious, let alone able to talk. Alternatively, patients would have a good enough reading, then rapidly turn blue and collapse.

Patients with darker skin who received less accurate readings of their oxygen levels using pulse oximeters — the ubiquitous devices clamped on hospitalized patients’ fingers — also received less ...