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.

An important side effect that shows up in women with sleep apnea is depression. Women and their partners often just brush it off as a combination of life's pressures.

"Women have very busy schedules. They're often multitasking, they're they're looking after the kids, doing a job, taking care of the home, and so they have that sense of, yeah, I'm tired, but I should be tired because I'm doing all these things," Mayo Clinic Dr. Virend Somers said.

Researchers say that sleep apnea is often left undiagnosed among women in part because their male partners haven't helped catch the sy

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