Dementia / Alzheimers caused by sleep apnea?

[Gerald]

Those of us with sleep apnea are at high risk of developing Dementia and/or Alzheimer's because of the high levels of Cortisol we produce during the night (if we don't successfully treat our condition with CPAP therapy).

Check out the following article:

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/328 ... -lifestyle

[greatunclebill]

the way i read it they are studying 140 people over age 50. not something i'm gonna worry about or even think about. should have said could be at risk, not we are at risk.

[Lizistired]

Couldn't tolerate the pop up videos. But what I did read said they were hoping to develop a new drug. Now that's just what we need more of.

[ekubaskie]

Excuse me folks. I've rarely done this before... I hate trolling, or seeming to... but I've been reading a book lately (rereading, actually) by James P. Hogan, titled "Kicking the Sacred Cow". It's about, well, kicking (tipping?) the sacred cows of modern "science". Like for instance, "scientists agree that global warming is caused by human activity". I'm not making any statement about cause, but about scientists. The majority of the signatories to the Kyoto accords have degrees, and careers, in the political and social sciences. Not the physical sciences, much less climatology. But they do agree! And, dare we ask... profit?

As to this piece: did I miss the word "apnea" in the article? I read "sleeping problems", but there's a lot of those that aren't OSA.

A search for "apnea" did not find the word in the article at all, neither "OSA". Neither appear at all on the fairly voluminous Wiki for Cortisol. Not conclusive, true, but it does disqualify both as references for the claim of cause and effect.

Honestly? I'd say the untreated "we" are lucky to live long enough to develop dementia.

[Dan Jacobs]

"Extra-ordinary claims require extra-ordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan

I apply this very sober quote to everything I hear about that has even somewhat of an extraordinary claim. It saves me a lot of frustration, especially in trying to convince others of stuff that even I don't know or care much about.

[ekubaskie]

Read Kicking the Sacred Cow - you'll never quote Sagan again.

[ozze_dollar]

Excuse me folks. I've rarely done this before... I hate trolling, or seeming to... but I've been reading a book lately (rereading, actually) by James P. Hogan, titled "Kicking the Sacred Cow". It's about, well, kicking (tipping?) the sacred cows of modern "science". Like for instance, "scientists agree that global warming is caused by human activity". I'm not making any statement about cause, but about scientists. The majority of the signatories to the Kyoto accords have degrees, and careers, in the political and social sciences. Not the physical sciences, much less climatology. But they do agree! And, dare we ask... profit?

As to this piece: did I miss the word "apnea" in the article? I read "sleeping problems", but there's a lot of those that aren't OSA.

A search for "apnea" did not find the word in the article at all, neither "OSA". Neither appear at all on the fairly voluminous Wiki for Cortisol. Not conclusive, true, but it does disqualify both as references for the claim of cause and effect.

Honestly? I'd say the untreated "we" are lucky to live long enough to develop dementia.

What global warming?? We hardly had a summer and now winter is here its freezing.Give me a break.

[user from Singapore]

What global warming?? We hardly had a summer and now winter is here its freezing.Give me a break.

Like for your sleep apnea data, don't make a conclusion by looking just at one night data. See the whole picture.