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> Why not look at the underlying cause?

Agreed in general, but in this case that's exactly the story. He discovered his apnea is cognitive ("central"), not due to his throat geometry. If we're ever able to figure out and solve the root causes of cognitive problems like that, it will be amazing, and we should, but I don't think we're there yet.



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