Information and opinions on health from DrNoSA at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/915143/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/915143/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/915143/index http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/915143/101307/alzheimer Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:35:50 -0500 DrNoSA Let's suppose that sleep apnea (SA) is the cause of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), as I contend. That means that those patients who are currently being treated for SA with a positive airway pressure (PAP) machine will avoid the the disease altogether. Their brains will be spared the repeated bouts of hypoxemia, surges of stress hormones and adverse effects of sleep deprivation that occur with each airway obstruction (apnea) during sleep. They won't... http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/915143/101307/alzheimer