Drug-induced fever can complicate antibiotic treatment and lead to unnecessary testing when cultures are negative, and ...

"Although absolute differences in readings were small, they can result in substantially higher rates of false negatives and ...

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxemia) give ...

Iron is essential for oxygen transport and energy metabolism, yet both deficiency and excess are linked to cardiovascular ...

The evidence indicates that non-invasive monitoring (near-infrared spectroscopy; NIRS) of oxygen in brain tissue likely does not reduce death rates or short-term brain problems for very premature ...

Delayed musculoskeletal symptoms after breast radiotherapy can reflect osteoradionecrosis rather than recurrence, thus ...

Apple has just announced a software update that will enable the missing blood oxygen level measurement capability on the Apple Watch. The update will enable the biosensing feature on the Watch Series ...

Apple will bring blood oxygen detection back to its latest smartwatches after the company was forced to stop offering the feature on US models over a patent dispute. The feature, which is meant to ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I see smart watches that are advertised to measure heart rates, oxygen saturation, blood pressure, and even glucose levels. Are these things accurate? -- A.K. ANSWER: The quality of ...

Apple removed blood oxygen monitoring from the Apple Watch in early 2024. Somebody has to blink for it to return, and it looks like neither Masimo nor Apple are going to budge. Blood oxygen monitoring ...

Tucked away in some Garmin watches is a sensor that enables continuous blood oxygen monitoring, a feature the company refers to as ‘Pulse Ox’. You may have seen the feature appear in menus or in ...