Smartwatches have made heart rate and blood oxygen saturation (SpO₂) tracking part of everyday life. And to be fair, they are useful for most people who want to monitor their activity. However, if you ...

However, navigating the market can be difficult, as many devices look similar but differ significantly in comfort, sensor reliability, app quality, and reporting features. Even after choosing a ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Rather than provide clarity on how to reduce racial bias in pulse ...

In this 2025 wellness update, BloodVitals details how the BloodVitals Pulse Oximeter is aligned with rising public interest in real-time, pain-free blood oxygen level monitoring at home. As more ...

Blood oxygen measurements taken with pulse oximeters in hospitals tend to be lower than they really are, according to the Equiox study, which was designed to assess the technology’s measurement ...

The differences, or bias, between estimates of blood oxygen saturation levels as measured with pulse oximeters compared to the gold-standard method of measuring oxygen saturation in arterial blood ...

Walmart has massively marked down a highly-rated pulse oximeter that's designed to monitor your heart rate and blood oxygen levels whether you're at home or playing sports. If you want a better ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pulse oximeters have been found to perform differently depending on skin pigment/tone. The FDA has released ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published new draft guidelines aimed at improving the accuracy and performance of pulse oximeters by considering the range of skin tones. The guidance, Pulse ...

In a suit filed against CVS, Walgreens, GE Healthcare and many other medical technology companies and sellers of pulse oximeters – devices that use light to measure oxygen saturation in the blood – ...