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Cranberries for Urinary Tract Infections"PURPOSE: To determine...the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of concentrated cranberry tablets, vs. cranberry juice, vs. placebo...against lower urinary tract infection 'UTI] in adult women... RESULTS: Both cranberry juice and cranberry tablets...significantly decreased the number patients experiencing at least one symptomatic UTI 'per] year compared with placebo." Emphasis added. By L. Strothers, Div. of Urology, U. of Brit. Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. In Can. Journal of Urol., vol. 9, 2002. DETAILS:They also found that the tablets were more cost-effective than the juice though very slightly inferior as to effectiveness. SEARCH BY SUBJECT - TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS MONTH'S HEALTH BULLETIN NEWS
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