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

At a CVS store in a racially diverse neighborhood in Brooklyn Center, the only devices available to shoppers to measure their ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s recommendations apply to pulse oximeters, which are clip-on devices ... a finger and then sending two wavelengths of light into the skin, the oximeter measures how ...

They proposed a series of “urgent FDA actions” to reduce unnecessary health risks for people ... Improving the Performance Evaluation of Pulse Oximeter Devices Taking Into Consideration ...

The FDA announced its draft guidance on recommendations for studies assessing pulse oximeters to ensure the devices perform ...

Individuals with darker skin tones may have difficulty using certain medical equipment according to recent studies.

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associate director of innovation at the University of Michigan Health Frankel Cardiovascular Center. She is a co-author of a study published in 2024 that found unreliable pulse oximeter readings ...

Federal health officials are proposing changes to make sure medical devices that measure oxygen levels are working for patients of color ...