Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Why Waiting for Disease Before Screening is 'Moronic'

1 Jul 2025

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This is a YouTube video titled "Why Waiting for Disease Before Screening is 'Moronic'" containing a conversation between Aaron Hartman, MD and another speaker discussing the importance of preventive screening and the health risks associated with sleep apnea. The dialogue highlights differing views on standard care and the consequences of undiagnosed sleep apnea, recorded in July 2025.

You shouldn't have to wait for evidence of disease to screen. The whole point of screening is prevention. Like, it's just, it's moronic. I don't know how else to say it.
It's the standard of care.
There you go. That's the nice way of saying standard of care.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But a couple of thoughts about sleep and sleep apnea. Sleep apnea also tells us all the things that poor sleep can be associated with. We know sleep apnea is associated with the sudden death syndrome. Yeah. If I hear about a middle aged male who falls over suddenly dies and you kind of look at things afterwards, it's typically had sleep apnea that was undiagnosed.
Yeah.