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Hidden in plain sight
Professor Esther Rodriguez Villegas, a leading sleep apnea expert and founder of medtech startup Acurable, views underdiagnosis as a systems problem, not a patient awareness problem.“ Sleep apnea remains chronically underdiagnosed in North America because diagnostic pathways have not kept pace with either the true prevalence of the condition or the
Conservative estimates suggest that more than 25 to 30 million adults in the US have obstructive sleep apnea
diversity of how it presents across the population,” the Professor observes.
She highlights the scale of the gap between prevalence and diagnosis.“ Conservative estimates suggest that more than 25 to 30 million adults in the US have obstructive sleep apnea, yet only around
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