The common medical devices don’t work as well for Black patients. The FDA is now trying to do something about it.

【Pulse Oximeter】A pulse oximeter measures the saturation of blood oxygen in the bloodstream. 【Health Monitoring Indicator】Oxygen saturation can reflect early medical problems such as the ...

Pulse oximeters measure the amount of light that passes through the skin as a way to estimate how much oxygen is in a patient’s red blood cells. Melanin, which absorbs light that passes through ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday released much-anticipated testing recommendations for pulse oximeters. The draft guidance follows years of discussion about concerns that the devices can ...