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Re: Weight gain . .

Posted by Randy_in_co on April 18, 2002 at 09:53:41:

In Reply to: Weight gain . . posted by Bryan on April 18, 2002 at 09:42:49:

The way my doctor explained it as I remember has something to do with insulin levels and and stress hormones, cortisol and prolactin or something like that, but apnea definately effects weight gain.

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