A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee met Friday to figure out ways to make pulse oximeters more accurate when doing readings on darker skin both in hospitals and at home, after research ...

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 ...

Given the extent of disagreement among observers regarding the color of infants observed under identical conditions (i.e., via video recording), the study authors concluded that real-world visual ...

Dark green nail polish, resembling the colour of Christmas trees, can lead to inaccurate readings in emergency and intensive care settings, according to a case study described by British intensive ...

About a year after beginning its full market launch, Masimo’s W1 smartwatch can now be used as a medical device in the U.S. The wearable device has earned FDA clearance for its medical applications, ...