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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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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Jeffrey S. Lander, MD, is a board-certified cardiologist and the President and Governor of the American College of Cardiology, New Jersey chapter. To take a pulse oximetry reading, turn on the device, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

There is an entire industry catering to people who, as Webb once famously said on the hilarious Homeopathic A&E skit, have “more money than sense.” This is the so-called “wellness” industry, now ...