Healthcare professionals have developed several methods for monitoring people's overall health and wellbeing during a regular checkup. Many of these measure substance concentrations or saturations in ...

If someone’s blood oxygen level falls below 60 mm Hg, there may not be enough oxygen reaching the body’s vital organs. This can lead to symptoms such as shortness of breath and dizziness. This article ...

A dangerously low oxygen level—usually below 92%—can cause shortness of breath, confusion, chest pain, or fainting. It’s ...

One of the many ways coronavirus affects the body is to impact the percentage of oxygen in your blood. (Picture: Vladimir Smirnov\TASS via Getty Images) A pulse oximeter that clips to your finger and ...

From asthma to Covid-19, several conditions can require regular blood oxygen measurements. Currently, these measurements are taken using a pulse oximeter – a device that clips onto your fingertip or ...

Coronavirus patients who suffer even a slight drop in their oxygen levels are at a heightened risk of dying from the disease, a study has warned. Current NHS guidelines consider someone to be in the ...

10:06, Mon, Jan 25, 2021 Updated: 20:33, Mon, Jan 25, 2021 The new mutated strain of coronavirus is tearing through British society and pushing hospital staff to the brink. You're not merely at the ...

Imaging researchers have taken a major step towards their ultimate goal of identifying cancers that are starved of oxygen so that altered treatment can be used to target them more effectively. Funded ...