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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 1 year, according to a study published online by JAMA. The study is being released to coincide with its presentation at IDWeek 2016.
Urinary tract infection is the most commonly diagnosed infection among nursing home residents. Bacteriuria is prevalent in 25 percent to 50 percent of women living in nursing homes, and pyuria is present in 90 percent of those with bacteriuria. Cranberry capsules are an understudied, nonantimicrobial prevention strategy used in this population. Manisha Juthani-Mehta, M.D., of the Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., and colleagues randomly assigned 185 women (average age, 86 years; with or without bacteriuria plus pyuria at study entry) residing in nursing homes to two oral cranberry capsules, each capsule containing 36 mg of the active ingredient proanthocyanidin (i.e., 72 mg total, equivalent to 20 ounces of cranberry juice) or placebo administered once a day.
Another folk remedy bites the dust?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @06:42PM
You misunderstand. Cranberry juice was never a folk remedy. It is an practice adopted by crones to excuse their own bitter behavior.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @06:46PM
I hear vodka and cranberry reduces urinary tract infections.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @06:54PM
Bloodwine and prune juice! The cocktail of warriors!
(Score: 2) by archfeld on Sunday October 30 2016, @07:12PM
Only if administered anally...
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(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Sunday October 30 2016, @09:25PM
Self-administered, or can you get someone to help?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by archfeld on Monday October 31 2016, @05:13PM
LOL you should always seek assistance for something like that. It makes it easier and much more enjoyable.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @03:31PM
I hear vodka and cranberry reduces urinary tract infections.
You heard wrong then. Just the opposite:
1) Woman drinks vodka and cranberry.
2) Woman drinks some more.
3) Woman sees Bubba and thinks sex with Bubba is what she needs.
4) Woman wakes up to discover Bubba hasn't washed his foreskin in years.
5) Woman gets UTI from the experience
6) ....
7) Profit!
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday October 30 2016, @07:11PM
Fuck you, cranberry is the bomb-diggity.
It's the fruit juice of real men with taste buds of steel, and when combined with a little sparkling water it makes an outstanding soda as well.
But more to the subject - I noticed that the article stated that the patients were taking capsules rather than drinking juice. Could there be some unexplained benefit in drinking the juice form, rather than it's outstanding great taste and satisfying tart?
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @07:17PM
Suck a raw lemon, you fucking pussy.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday October 30 2016, @07:21PM
I sucked your momma's raw lemons last night, but they weren't tart at all - in fact, they tasted like passionfruit.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @07:51PM
Thanks Eth now we know wrinkly octogenarian tits are your fetish.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday October 30 2016, @08:04PM
She's still got that sexy swing when she walks, though. There's nothing more sexy than an aged woman who refuses to become unsexy, especially when she wears something sheer and tight.
That's one of the better things about older women -- the more they age, the less they give a fuck. That's one dirty little secret the oldies don't tell the younger whippersnappers -- every nursing home is an orgy house rivaling only olympic athlete housing in its randiness.