Mayo Clinic AI breakthrough shows gender gap in diagnosing sleep apnea
Sleep apnea is often not diagnosed in women, because women are told to expect to be tired.
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Sleep apnea is often not diagnosed in women, because women are told to expect to be tired.
Mayo Clinic doctors tap into AI technology to detect and treat women with sleep apnea, a disorder that's often misdiagnosed in women.
Studies show that women aren't getting enough sleep. There is a medical reason: an underdiagnosis of sleep apnea in women that not only results in fatigue, but heart damage and, in extreme cases, even death. In Talking Points, Esme Murphy spoke with Dr. Virend Somers with the Mayo Clinic about the AI technology being used to detect and treat women with sleep apnea, a disorder that's often misdiagnosed in women.
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