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Article: Cranberry juice reduces urinary tract infections
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- Community Practitioner
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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CopyrightCopyright TG Scott & Son Ltd. Sep 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Regular drinking of cranberry juice reduces the recurrence of urinary tract infections in women, a Finnish study has concluded.
Up to 60 per cent of women have a urinary tract infection at some point of their life and at least a third will experience a recurrence during the following year.
To determine whether recurrence can be prevented with cranberry - lingonberry juice or with Lactobacillus drink, 115 women were randomly allocated into three groups. The first group received SOmI of the cranberry juice concentrate daily for six months; the second group had lond of a ...