A new artificial intelligence algorithm may be able to replace the bulky and often expensive equipment typically used in sleep studies to produce accurate diagnoses of apneas and other disorders.

A portable device used to detect blood oxygen levels revolutionized the medical field 50 years ago and is now receiving essential updates Efforts to improve the accuracy of pulse oximetry readings for ...

Share on Pinterest A pulse oximetry test may clip to a finger to read blood flow. Every system and organ in the body needs oxygen to survive. Without oxygen, cells begin to malfunction and eventually ...

A recent study by Michigan Medicine researchers found that pulse oximeters — small blood-oxygen reading devices that clip to the finger — were found to be less accurate in Black patients than in ...