Cranberries have long been praised as a natural elixir to treat urinary tract infection symptoms, but a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that antibiotics may be better at preventing UTIs than those little red berries.Urine Spray cranberries debunked.
Researchers from the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam gave low-dose antibiotics or cranberry capsules to 221 women who suffered from recurring urinary tract infections. After the year-long study period, researchers found that women who took the antibiotics suffered from fewer UTIs than those who took the cranberry extract.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Cranberries Versus Antibiotics in Preventing Infections
Oh, no. Say it ain't so.
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