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The Systemic Effects of Apple Cider Vinegar on Menopausal Hot Flashes

Let me start by saying I didn't believe it. But with hot flashes in the news as causing all sorts of heart problems  and dementia later on, I'm going to share what I can to help. A patient told me that she was taking apple cider vinegar for her hot flashes and it helped. Since I couldn't see the immediate connection, I reacted like a regular doctor and pooh pooh'd it in my brain. But, unlike a regular doctor, I keep a list of strange possibilities and pass them on to other patients as well as the things I think will work. My job is to help people get better, not to assume I know everything. So I passed on the recipe to another patient, as well as discussing the many other treatments she could do. I have a starter list of things I do besides hormones for estrogen imbalance. These are just the start, but it gives women an idea of how much they can do to affect their hormones. (For your ease, I've recopied the list below this article.) Here's the recipe: 4...

Do High Vitamin B12 Levels Signal Cancer?

The short answer is maybe.  If you have a B12 level higher than normal, being screened for a variety of cancers is not a bad idea. The risk is higher for a range of cancers. Keep in mind this is an elevation in B12 that is not in response to taking a lot of B12 supplements. ( http://www.b12-vitamin.com/ blood-levels/ ) Here's the risk from a range of different cancers. (Image from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848986/) The key is that the marker may not only tell if you are at higher risk, it may also tell your chances of survival. " When testing for trend in survival rates between the three Cbl level groups, we observed trends toward lower survival with higher Cbl levels for all three follow-up periods for both patients with localised and non-localised cancer. The differences in survival with higher Cbl levels were similar after 2, 5 and 10 years" ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/ science/article/pii/S187778211 5002854 ) B12,...