Put simply, SpO2 is a measure of blood oxygen saturation. The more oxygen you have in your blood, the higher your SpO2 levels are going to be. Seeing as our bodies need oxygen to survive, we can ...

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is a senior reporter and author of the Optimizer newsletter. She has more than 13 years of experience reporting on wearables, health tech, and more. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo ...

With challenges around usability, trust and regulation addressed, RTBF can play a meaningful role in shifting healthcare from episodic response toward prevention.

Smartphones are already capable of some neat health-centric tricks. From step counting and sleep tracking to measuring pulse and respiration rate, the phone in your pocket is quite a powerful-health ...

is a senior reporter and author of the Optimizer newsletter. She has more than 13 years of experience reporting on wearables, health tech, and more. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo ...

Fitbit has dropped a patent for a medical grade smart ring, in what could be a dramatic new form factor for the Google-owned company. A filing at the US Patent and Trademark Office (spotted by ...

Issaquah, Wash.-based Spacelabs Healthcare has announced the release of its Ultraview DM3 dual-mode vital signs monitor, which recently received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Smartwatches can measure everything from heart rate to sleep quality, but one health metric has become particularly relevant over the past two years: blood oxygen saturation. Two of the world's ...

MFine, a health tech startup in India, has developed a free mobile app that turns a smartphone into a blood oxygen saturation meter. The beta version of the app is currently available on Android ...