Maintaining a healthy blood oxygen saturation level, often referred to as SPO2 (or SpO2), is crucial for blood circulation of your body. SPO2 measures the amount of oxygen in your bloodstream, and ...

COVID-19 outbreak has made everyone health-conscious. It is important to keep track of vitals like heart rate and blood oxygen level, which can now be done using smartwatches and smart bands. Here is ...

If you’ve had a checkup, a medical professional may have clipped a device to your finger to measure your oxygen saturation (SpO2) and pulse. Until last year, that was my only experience with such ...

The newly announced Apple Watch Series 6 continues the company’s push to position the wearable as a health and wellness device: it can now track blood-oxygen levels by shooting red and infrared light, ...

As we witness the rising cases of COVID variants gaining a number again with every passing day, people are again focusing on being safe and secured by keeping themselves healthy. To keep a regular ...

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 ...

Discover why combining alcohol with high-altitude sleep can strain the heart and reduce oxygen levels, especially concerning older adults. Alcohol consumption during sleep at high altitudes lowers ...

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Oura, the company behind the Oura Ring lineup of wearable devices, today announced that blood oxygen sensing is rolling out to the third-generation Oura Ring. It’s a long time coming — Oura previewed ...