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Borderline Patch Test Reactions Are Less Commonly Diagnosed in Skin of Color
Patients with skin of color are less likely to be diagnosed with a borderline reaction to patch testing than patients with lighter skin tones.
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The new Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale will help women of colour receive accurate medical diagnoses and appropriate care
“For a long time, healthcare professionals and researchers have been missing a simple tool in their toolboxes: an evidence-based approach to describing skin colour,” says Dr Ophelia Dadzie ...
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How one company is putting an end to inaccurate skin tones in smartphone photos
Hailing from a country where the skin tone varies between dark brown to yellowish-gold on the Fitzpatrick scale — and where the undertones and pigmentation intensity change dramatically based on ...
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FDA issues much-anticipated guidance on pulse oximeters
The Monk Skin Tone scale is a 10-shade scale intended to be more representative than the Fitzpatrick scale, which has been criticized by researchers for being inaccurate. The draft guidance ...
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Diversity in pulse oximeter clearance summaries increases after 2013 FDA guidance
Most of the summary documents discussing race and ethnicity/skin tone came from 2016 to ... Researchers also evaluated Fitzpatrick scale mentions and found 14 documents, with all but one from ...