A major UK study shows that commonly used home pulse oximeters can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin, increasing the risk of undetected hypoxemia and raising urgent questions about ...

In the EXAKT study from the U.K., the home-use pulse oximeters assessed all gave higher oxygen saturation (SpO2) readings for patients with darker skin tones than for patients with lighter skin tones.

A total of 11,018 paired SpO2-SaO2 measurements were analysed. All five pulse oximeters returned higher SpO2 values for patients with darker skin tones than patients with lighter skin tones, at any ...

The items will be kept in storage until a permanent $12 million memorial is completed in late 2027. A crew begins the process of removing items from the Pulse Nightclub site on Monday as the effort to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Racial biases persist in the use of pulse oximetry devices for patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) requiring very high levels of oxygen support, a ...

Sony's State of Play on Wednesday featured big news about new games coming out next year, including the long-awaited release date for Wolverine. The show also featured the debut of speakers for the ...

Sony has rolled out another firmware update for a PS5 accessory, this time, for the Pulse Elite headset. This is the third accessory firmware update this week, and although patch notes have not been ...

For millions of Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10 and Ultra 2 users who didn’t have the blood oxygen monitoring (SpO2) feature on their smartwatches, last week’s software updates offered a key ...

Masimo found out about restoration of pulse oximetry to the Apple Watch the same way that the rest of the world did, and is suing US Customs and Border Protection to stop the process. It seems Apple ...

According to recent reports, Google’s upcoming Pixel Watch 4 is apparently set to include improvements to blood oxygen tracking, offer some form of satellite communications in emergencies, and support ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...