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Researchers are reporting new evidence that sleep apnea a common disorder that can cause people to snore frequently during sleep may increase the risk of developing alzheimer s disease. Alzheimer s is a deadly disease that begins with neural damage in the hippocampus the part of the brain associated with forming memories. Disease And Sleep Recent Studies Find New Links Chronic Sleep If your sleep is continually disrupted by a condition called sleep apnea you might face a higher chance of developing alzheimer s down the road. Sleep apnea alzheimer s . American thoracic society ats summary. This potentially serious sleep disorder causes breathing to repeatedly stop and start during sleep. A team of scientists studied 208 men and women aged 55 to 90 most of whom had sleep apnea but did not have any type of diagnosed dementia. It isn t clear if sleep apnea causes the buildup of protein tangles in the brain that are a sign of alzheimer s or if the increased protein helps cause ...