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Your Apple Watch Can Once Again Measure Blood Oxygen Levels. Here's How

The smartwatch's Blood Oxygen app lets you measure the oxygen level of your blood on-demand. It's been MIA for more than a ...
Runner's World

What’s All the Fuss About Pulse Oximetry and Do I Even Need This Data?

As runners, we love our metrics, and 2020 has brought a buzzy new one to the forefront: pulse oximetry. Apple launched the Apple Watch Series 6 on September 18, touting pulse oximetry (or blood oxygen ...
Science Daily

Pulse oximeter measurements of blood oxygen levels are unreliable in assessing severity of COVID-19 pneumonia across different ethnic groups, study finds

The severity of COVID-19 pneumonia can be difficult to assess in people from different ethnic groups, due to inaccurate readings from a device that measures the level of oxygen in the blood of ...
Macworld

How to measure blood oxygen level with Apple Watch

The Apple Watch Series 6 has a sensor built in that can measure the oxygen level in the blood. This ability could have a real benefit in judging health and reacting to the first signs of conditions ...
Tidbits

The Paramedic’s Guide to Blood Oxygen and the Apple Watch Series 6

The heavy-duty portable air conditioners were doing an admirable job, considering we were sitting in vinyl tents in the middle of a black asphalt parking lot. My team of medical professionals was next ...