Heart rate alert at 2 AM? Doctors warn smartwatches may be triggering unnecessary panic

Smartwatch health alerts can improve wellness, but doctors warn that overinterpreting isolated readings may fuel unnecessary ...
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Your Apple Watch Can Once Again Measure Blood Oxygen Levels. Here's How

Apple has your health in mind when it comes to the Apple Watch, which is why it added a blood oxygen sensor starting with the Series 6. This technology can tell if you’re getting enough oxygen to your ...
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How to use Apple Watch blood oxygen sensor, and what it’s good for

The blood oxygen sensor featured in Apple Watch Series 6 and 7 is “not intended for medical use,” Apple says. That seems odd, considering that low blood oxygen is a serious medical condition. If the ...
CNET

What are blood oxygen levels? The lesser-known important health metric

Mercey Livingston is a health and wellness writer and certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. She's written about fitness and wellness for Well+Good, Women's Health, Business Insider, and ...
The New York Times

Faulty Oxygen Readings Delayed Care to Black and Hispanic Covid Patients, Study Finds

Pulse oximeters routinely overestimated levels of oxygen in the blood in darker-skinned Covid patients, leading to delays in treatment and hospital readmissions, according to a research article ...
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Dangerously wrong oxygen readings in dark-skinned patients spur FDA scrutiny

For years, studies have found racial bias in common oxygen-measuring devices called pulse oximeters, as well as alarming dangers from inaccurate blood oxygen measurements in dark-skinned patients. Now ...