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FDA, Pulse oximetry

FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones

Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now the US Food and Drug Administration is proposing guidance to help make these devices more reliable and less biased.

The Hill · 1h

New FDA guidance aims to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people of color

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance would require manufacturers of pulse oximeters to gather far more clinical data to show the devices accurately work across a range of skin

Newsweek on MSN · 2h

FDA Pushes to Improve Blood Oxygen Monitor Accuracy Across Skin Tones

The FDA's draft recommendations for pulse oximeters aims to include clinical studies involving at least 150 participants with diverse skin tones.

Hosted on MSN · 59m

FDA seeks to boost accuracy of blood-oxygen monitors across skin tones

The U.S. health regulator on Monday proposed new guidelines for widely-used blood oxygen monitoring devices to improve their performance across skin tones amid growing evidence that the current ones are not reliable for patients with darker skin.

Daily Journal · 4h

FDA Proposes Updated Recommendations to Help Improve Performance of Pulse Oximeters Across Skin Tones

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published new draft guidance aimed at helping improve the accuracy and performance of pulse oximeters

FDA, lead

Hosted on MSN · 2h

FDA limits toxic lead in some baby foods

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday set maximum levels for lead in baby foods like jarred fruits and vegetables, yogurts and dry cereal, part of an effort to cut young kids' exposure to the toxic metal that causes developmental and neurological problems.

CNN on MSN · 1h

FDA disappoints child advocates with its new limit on lead in baby food

For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration has set a limit on the amount of lead that can be in baby foods, but critics say it’s too little, too late.

Boston Herald · 1h

Ticker: Fubo hooking up with Disney’s Hulu + Live TV; FDA limits lead in some baby foods

Disney’s Hulu + Live TV and sports streaming service Fubo are combining in a deal that will also see the settlement of a lawsuit against the creation of Venu Sports.

FDA Sets New Levels for Toxic Lead in Baby Food

The FDA's new standards for toxic lead target processed baby foods such as jarred fruits, vegetables, yogurts and dry cereals.

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Save the Food and Drug Administration by breaking it up

Snake oil, it turns out, motivated the founding of the FDA. The term “snake oil” arose out of a controversy from the late ...

Ozempic 3.0? This drug causes the greatest weight loss — by far

Tirzepatide, a weekly GLP-1 and GIP drug, produced weight loss of up to 17.8% after 72 weeks. Semaglutide, a weekly GLP-1 ...

20m

Genetically altered fat cells in mice show promise for obesity treatment

Obese mice whose fat cells were genetically altered to produce an increased amount of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic ...

STAT2h

FDA’s new guidance on AI in drug development centers the risk introduced by the technology

After nearly a decade of machine learning innovations, the FDA has issued its first draft guidance on the use of AI in drug ...

Hoodline1h

Dr. Brian Miller Joins NC State Health Plan Board Amidst Looming Financial Shortfall

Dr. Brian Miller has been appointed to the North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees by State Treasurer Brad Briner ...

MedPage Today55m

Glucarpidase Improves Outcomes in Methotrexate-Associated AKI

Glucarpidase -- a carboxypeptidase enzyme that helps break down and remove methotrexate from the body -- was approved by the FDA in 2012 to treat patients with toxic levels of methotrexate in their ...

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Cheese Puffs Recall as FDA Issues Risk Warning

The snacks were distributed in the state of New York and have been recalled due to undeclared additives and flavor enhancers.

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