16. 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 FDA's recommendations, which aim to tighten regulatory oversight, include clinical studies involving at least 150 participants with diverse skin tones, ensuring that at least 25 percent of ...

Traditional medical imaging – used to diagnose, monitor or treat certain medical ... The team tested the forearms of 18 volunteers, with skin tones ranging from light to dark.

Older adults and people with lighter skin tones are at the highest risk of developing skin cancer. Factors that affect skin cancer growth rates include: The key to early skin cancer detection and ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. health regulator on Monday proposed new guidelines for widely-used blood oxygen monitoring devices to improve their performance across skin tones amid growing evidence that ...

The devices don’t work as well on people with darker skin, and experts say the agency should call for more testing and labeling. Devices that monitor ... with darker skin tones — a disparity ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling for stricter testing standards for pulse oximeters—devices commonly used to ...