By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A major UK study shows that commonly used home pulse oximeters can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin, increasing the risk of undetected hypoxemia and raising ...

A 4-year-old female is brought by her father to the emergency department after experiencing 3 days of worsening sore throat and a fever as high as 103.1° F. She has constant generalized abdominal pain ...

Respiratory rate, another metric in the Apple Watch vitals app, shows how many breaths you take per minute. This typically ...

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia) give higher readings for patients with darker than lighter skin tones, finds the ...

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When I was just beginning my career as a therapist, I came across Allen Frances' 2013 book, Saving Normal. Frances, who chaired the DSM-IV Task Force, argued that psychiatry was losing its grasp on ...

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