When the COVID-19 pandemic first began, people started thinking about pulse oximeters. Suddenly, devices most people previously couldn’t name were selling out left and right. A pulse oximeter is a ...

Walmart has massively marked down a highly-rated pulse oximeter that's designed to monitor your heart rate and blood oxygen levels whether you're at home or playing sports. If you want a better ...

At-home health monitoring is becoming more and more accessible. With tools like personal pulse oximeters, health-conscious individuals can feel in charge of their own physical health and doctors can ...

A Pulse Oximeter is a very useful and affordable medical device that clamps on one of your fingers. A typical pulse oximeter incorporates a quick and easy way of measuring your heart rate as well as ...

Early in the pandemic, when COVID-19 patients were turning up at emergency rooms with dangerously low blood oxygen levels, many people rushed to add pulse oximeters to their home medicine cabinet. The ...

Before the coronavirus pandemic, most Americans had heard about pulse oximeters only via TV shows where EMTs shout out a patient's "pulse ox" - or measure of oxygen in the blood. But when multiple ...

Apple's new Apple Watch Series 6 goes all-in on health care, including a new feature to measure blood oxygen level-- a vital sign that's been helpful monitoring COVID-19, among other things. Other ...

Although a new study showed the devices are more error-prone in people with darker skin, doctors say they are still useful for anyone monitoring Covid-19 at home. By Tara Parker-Pope Home pulse ...

A new study shows just how lifesaving home monitoring of oxygen levels can be. Credit...Aileen Son for The New York Times Supported by By Tara Parker-Pope When my daughter returned to school this fall ...

A new public health program will monitor the blood oxygen levels of Vermonters with COVID-19, according to an email from the Department of Health to state health practitioners on June 1. The ...

In the fight against Covid-19, the pulse oximeter has been an essential tool for doctors and other medical professionals. But the small device that monitors oxygen levels may not work well for people ...