Stanford engineers have developed a paper-thin device that, when taped over a person's wrist, can monitor the pulse and may someday provide a safe, nonintrusive way for doctors to track patients' ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. In 2022, Noha Aboelata noticed something troubling. The founding CEO ...

Manatee County, Florida -- Imagine a life-saving device that can improve your chance of surviving cardiac arrest by up to 45%? Manatee County has it. The county saw a need for it after responding to ...

A retrospective analysis of over 7,000 patients with COVID-19 found that pulse oximeter devices — tools that measure oxygen levels in the blood and that are used in virtually every U.S. hospital — ...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virgin Pulse, the market leader in the rapidly-growing employee health engagement category, today added a new wearable fitness device and mobile app to the suite of ...

A new, soft, all-in-one, wearable system has been designed for continuous wireless monitoring of neonatal health in low-resource settings. Developed by Georgia Tech researchers using advanced ...

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, Kimani Toussant’s wife, an epidemiologist, brought him an article about how pulse oximeters appeared to be less accurate in people with darker skin. The small ...