Keeping track of your basic vital statistics used to involve a trip to the doctor's office where you would be subjected to expensive equipment that you couldn’t hope to understand. But now, with the ...
SAN FRANCISCO — The discovery that fingertip oxygen-measuring devices might contribute to health disparities because they appear to work less well on patients with darker skin has roiled the world of ...
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The longstanding problem of pulse oximeters providing less-accurate readings for people with dark skin tones got another look Friday from a panel of experts for the US Food and Drug Administration.