Artificial intelligence could be key to detecting diabetes and heart disease among South Asians

Artificial intelligence could be key to detecting diabetes and heart disease among South Asians By 0 Ravi Parikh MD MPH, Chairman Manhattan Retina and Eye Faculty, New York University School of Medicine. Photo: Anne Rayner, Vanderbilt According to a study by the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH), diabetes, which increases the risk of heart diseases, is rife among South Asians. The reportࢀ™s findings conclude that in the United States, South Asian immigrants are 7 times more likely to have type 2 diabetes than the general population, and in New York City, Indian immigrants are at…