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French fitness tracking product company Withings integrates a heart rate monitor into its latest offering, adding yet another metric with which users can measure and manage their workout routine.

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For many individuals who develop symptoms of the coronavirus, it's better to stay home than seek health care in person. But when you have a disease with so many unknowns, not having a nurse or doctor ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA cleared a novel BP and pulse rate monitor designed to improve the reliability of at-home measurement.

This simple circuit enables you to listen to your heartbeat, for instance, while you are exercising. The transducer used for detecting the pulse is an electret microphone, X1 in the diagram. The model ...

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 ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated with information from Verily's announcement of the clearance. Verily, the life sciences research subsidiary of Alphabet, has received FDA 510(k) clearance ...

A health worker measures pulse and the percentage of oxygen in the blood of a school student with a pulse oximeter.(PTI) In its revised guidelines for home isolation of mild or asymptomatic Covid-19 ...

Having a low level of oxygen in the blood is an early sign of worsening COVID-19. But not everyone gets obvious symptoms. For instance, some people can have low oxygen levels without getting short of ...