Cardiovascular disease can be detected earlier during sleep

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 10:40 in Health & Medicine

A specially customised pulse oximeter attached to the finger can be used to detect changes in heart and vessel function while you sleep, and this simple technique can even identify patients at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, reveals research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden...

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