Worldwide Medical Supply has announced the FingerbPulse Fingertip Pulse Oximeter, a portable device that measures blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) and pulse rate from the fingertip, offering a practical ...

A few minutes before 11 PM on Friday night, White House physician Dr. Sean Barbarella’s memo on President Donald Trump’s physical exam was released by the White House. Trump paid a visit to Walter ...

On May 26, 2026, President Donald J. Trump underwent his annual medical examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. This comprehensive preventive evaluation included a thorough review ...

A heart attack is a common but serious health condition that takes place when the flow of blood to the heart is severely reduced or blocked. This is primarily caused by the buildup of fat, cholesterol ...

Introduction Identifying acute hypercapnic respiratory failure is crucial in the initial management of acute exacerbations of COPD. Guidelines recommend obtaining arterial blood samples but these are ...

Steffini Stalos, DO, is board-certified in pathology and lab medicine. She is currently Chief Medical Officer of Blood Associates, a lab consultancy firm. An overnight pulse oximetry test checks your ...

This review synthesised existing evidence on racial disparities in pulse oximeter accuracy, quantified the degree of bias, evaluated clinical effects, highlighted implications for practice, and ...

Multiple users report that Google’s March 2026 update to the Pixel Watch is breaking SpO2 and skin temperature readings in the Fitbit app. Users complain that there’s no data for these after ...

Tiffany Kinyua is a psychology major with a minor in biology and she is a 2025-26 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her own.

Treating the monitor, not just the patient, can help to guide your clinical decision-making process toward a more accurate and definitive differential diagnosis. We’ve all heard the saying “treat the ...

Zimlich is a critical care nurse who has been writing about health care and clinical developments for over 10 years. Normal blood oxygen saturation levels are 95% to 100%. Most people should have a ...

Pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect hypoxaemia give higher readings for patients with darker than lighter skin tones, according to UK researchers. As a result, they warn that low blood ...