When It Comes To UTIs, It's Time To Move On From Cranberry Cures
People who suffer from chronic urinary tract infections may want to put down the cranberry juice. The once-promising cranberry treatment is looking less and less like an alternative cure-all for UTIs, and more like a folk tale.
A recent randomized controlled trial, the highest standard of scientific evidence, found that people who took cranberry capsules didn’t protect themselves from a urinary tract infection any more than people who took placebo pills.
This is disappointing for the scientists urgently looking for new cures for this common infection. While antibiotics can cure UTIs, overuse can create anti...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cranberry Capsules Fail to Prevent UTI in Trial (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Randomized trial in nursing homes found no benefit (Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics)
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‘ Time To Move On From Cranberries ’ : Doctors Say Cranberry Juice Does Nothing To Prevent UTIs
BOSTON (CBS) — Sorry, cranberry lovers.
While it’s been said that eating cranberries or drinking their juice can help with urinary tract infections, the latest research says that’s just a myth.
A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Associated found that cranberry capsules didn’t do much to prevent or cure UTIs in a study of nursing home patients.
Over a one-year period, 92 woman who received cranberry capsules had the same likelihood of developing a UTI as those who took a placebo.
A cranberry bog. (Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
Dr. Lindsay E. Nicolle concludes that “it is time to m...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News cranberries Cranberry Juice And Urinary Tract Infections Source Type: news
Cranberry Products May Not Prevent UTIs: Study
Title: Cranberry Products May Not Prevent UTIs: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 10/27/2016 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 10/28/2016 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Womens Health General)
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More Evidence That Cranberry Products Don't Prevent Urinary Tract Infections (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Andr é Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS
Cranberry capsules did not help prevent bacteriuria plus pyuria in a study of nursing home residents published in … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - October 27, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Cranberry juice won't prevent urinary tract infection, study finds
Cranberries, cranberry juice and cranberry products are often recommended as a natural way to prevent urinary tract infections, but a new study suggests that this effort may be futile. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - October 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cranberry products may not prevent UTIs: Study
Steven Reinberg, HealthDay News Many American women swear by cranberry juice as a home remedy to help prevent urinary tract infections, but a new study finds no evidence it works. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists find NO evidence cranberries help bladder infections
There was no significant difference in signs of a urinary tract infection in participants who were given either cranberries or a placebo, Yale School of Medicine, Connecticut, researchers found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cranberry Products May Not Prevent UTIs: Study
In female nursing home residents, cranberry capsules didn't affect infection rate (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - October 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More evidence cranberries don't prevent urinary tract infections
(Reuters Health) - Over the course of a year, taking cranberry capsules did nothing to stave off urinary tract infections (UTIs) among older women living in nursing homes, a U.S. study finds. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Cranberry Products May Not Prevent UTIs
In female nursing home residents, cranberry capsules didn't affect infection rate
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Study finds lack of benefit of cranberry in reducing urinary tract infections among older women
Among older women residing in nursing homes, administration of cranberry capsules compared with placebo resulted in no significant difference in presence of bacteriuria plus pyuria (presence of bacteria and white blood cells in the urine, a sign of urinary tract infection [UTI]), or in the number of episodes of UTIs over l year, according to a study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 27, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Misconceptions: The Cure for UTIs? It ’ s Not Cranberries
A yearlong study of female nursing home patients who took high-dose cranberry capsules showed no reduction in urinary tract infections. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JAN HOFFMAN Tags: Cranberries Bacteria Urinary Tract JAMA (Journal of American Medical Assn) Juthani-Mehta, Manisha Source Type: news
Myth: Cranberry as cure-all for UTIs
Americans have long turned to cranberries as folk medicine for the treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs), which are more common in women than men. Yet research on the effectiveness of cranberry juice or capsules on the prevention or treatment of these infections is conflicting. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - October 27, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Yale News Source Type: news
Cranberry Products May Not Prevent UTIs: Study
THURSDAY, Oct. 27, 2016 -- Many American women swear by cranberry juice as a home remedy to help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs).
But a new study finds that cranberry capsules didn ' t prevent recurring UTIs in older women who lived in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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