Pulse oximeters use light to measure how much oxygen is in a person’s blood. For most people, a normal pulse oximeter reading is between 95% and 100%, researchers said in background notes. Readings ...

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

The light-sensitive tissue of birds’ eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels – instead, it powers itself with a ...

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

In breast cancer, a biopsy is the only diagnostic procedure that can determine if a suspicious lump or area is cancerous. However, in the U.S., between 75% and 80% of breast biopsies are benign.

A long-awaited study commissioned by the FDA has muddied the path forward on how to reduce racial bias in pulse oximeter ...

Red blood is the exception, not the rule. Evolution has painted it green, purple and white in animals that push physiology ...

American mom Lynnette Else traded in life in Tennessee for a remote Italian hill town where she says her autistic son’s breathing improved overnight and quality of life is much better.

Vitamin B12 deficiency affects about 15% to 50% of the Indian population. Here are the signs you need to be aware of and what to do when you are deficient.

These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their ...

If frequent headaches or dizziness have caught your attention and you’re unsure of the cause, low iron levels in the body could be the reason.