A project at The George Washington University’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences in D.C. aims to show more examples of how different skin conditions would look like on different skin tones.

Published Jan 06, 2025 at 2:56 PM EST Updated Jan 06, 2025 at 10:37 PM EST ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Skin cancer is less common in people with darker skin, but when it does occur, it can be far more deadly. Black Americans are nearly five times more likely to die within five ...

To further demystify lasers for deeper skin tones, Dr. Kikam and fellow dermatologists Dr. Karan Lal and Dr. Roberta Del Campo explain everything you need to know ahead.

Research has shown darker skin tones receive more inaccurate readings than lighter ones: 11.7% of apparently normal readings in Black patients were wrong, compared to 3.6% of readings in white ...

The FDA's draft recommendations for pulse oximeters aims to include clinical studies involving at least 150 participants with diverse skin tones.

More information: Arjun Putcha et al, Characterizing the influence of skin pigmentation on pulse oximetry, Biophotonics Discovery (2025). DOI: 10.1117/1.BIOS.2.3.032506 ...

FDA seeks to boost accuracy of blood-oxygen monitors across skin tones By Bhanvi Satija January 6, 202512:50 PM PSTUpdated January 6, 2025 ...

Responding to complaints that pulse oximeters that measure blood oxygen levels are less accurate in people with darker skin tones, the Food and Drug Administration Monday released long-awaited ...

The U.S. health regulator on Monday proposed new guidelines for widely-used blood oxygen monitoring devices to improve their performance across skin tones. (Andrew Kelly, Reuters) Save Story ...