Lisa Olivo, Associate Editor11.08.16
The use of cranberry to treat urinary tract infections (UTI) is a longstanding and widely-known natural remedy. But new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found cranberry juice extract capsules weren’t as effective as many believe them to be.
Dr. Manisha Juthani-Mehta, an infectious disease specialist with the Yale School of Medicine, and her team examined 185 female nursing patients age 65 and up in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled efficacy trial. The participants either did or did not have bacteriuria plus pyuria prior to intervention—bacteria that are prevalent among women residing in nursing homes. According to a 2014 study in JAMA, it was determined that bacteriuria is widespread in 25-50% of women living in nursing homes, and pyuria is present in 90% of those with bacteriuria
Participants were given either two oral cranberry capsules with each capsule containing 36 mg of the active ingredient proanthocyanidin (PAC) (i.e., 72 mg total, equivalent to 20 ounces of cranberry
Dr. Manisha Juthani-Mehta, an infectious disease specialist with the Yale School of Medicine, and her team examined 185 female nursing patients age 65 and up in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled efficacy trial. The participants either did or did not have bacteriuria plus pyuria prior to intervention—bacteria that are prevalent among women residing in nursing homes. According to a 2014 study in JAMA, it was determined that bacteriuria is widespread in 25-50% of women living in nursing homes, and pyuria is present in 90% of those with bacteriuria
Participants were given either two oral cranberry capsules with each capsule containing 36 mg of the active ingredient proanthocyanidin (PAC) (i.e., 72 mg total, equivalent to 20 ounces of cranberry
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