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Women see five or six doctors to figure out menopause symptoms. A top Novartis exec says AI could finally connect the dots

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For many women, menopause symptoms like sleep problems, joint stiffness, hot flashes, and more don’t bring just one doctor’s appointment—they bring multiple.

On average, women see “five or six doctors to try and figure out all the little parts and pieces of what’s going on with your body” once they hit perimenopause and menopause, Paula Schneider, CEO of the Institute Advancing Women’s Health, said Tuesday at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Santa Barbara, Calif. “And there’s no holistic health,” she said.

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