Urinary Tract Infections in Teens and Adults

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Drinking cranberry juice or taking a cranberry supplement may help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). More study is needed to prove this. Cranberry is not well tested as a cure for UTI.3


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Author: Kathe Gallagher, MSWLast Updated: June 15, 2007
Medical Review: E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Philip Belitsky, MD, FRCSC - Urology

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