A few minutes before 11 PM on Friday night, White House physician Dr. Sean Barbarella’s memo on President Donald Trump’s physical exam was released by the White House. Trump paid a visit to Walter ...

On May 26, 2026, President Donald J. Trump underwent his annual medical examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. This comprehensive preventive evaluation included a thorough review ...

Introduction Identifying acute hypercapnic respiratory failure is crucial in the initial management of acute exacerbations of COPD. Guidelines recommend obtaining arterial blood samples but these are ...

An overnight pulse oximetry test checks your blood oxygen levels while you sleep. It's not enough to diagnose sleep apnea, but it can show if you need more tests. An overnight pulse oximetry test is a ...

To take a pulse oximetry reading, turn on the device, place it on your fingertip, sit still, and wait for a stable reading. Normal oxygen saturation levels range from 95% to 100%; levels below 92% may ...

This review synthesised existing evidence on racial disparities in pulse oximeter accuracy, quantified the degree of bias, evaluated clinical effects, highlighted implications for practice, and ...

Multiple users report that Google’s March 2026 update to the Pixel Watch is breaking SpO2 and skin temperature readings in the Fitbit app. Users complain that there’s no data for these after ...

Tiffany Kinyua is a psychology major with a minor in biology and she is a 2025-26 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her own.

Treating the monitor, not just the patient, can help to guide your clinical decision-making process toward a more accurate and definitive differential diagnosis. We’ve all heard the saying “treat the ...

Edema is a fancy term for swelling caused by too much fluid. So, pulmonary edema refers to a condition where there is too much fluid in your lungs, making it hard to breathe. Specifically, fluid ...