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posted by janrinok on Sunday October 30 2016, @06:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the brb-I-have-to-go dept.

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?


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday October 30 2016, @10:53PM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Sunday October 30 2016, @10:53PM (#420689)

    Another high quality post from MichaelDavidCrawford.*

    I had never heard the euphemism "William Jefferson Clinton" for Gentleman's Sausage before. +1 informative.

    *No sarcasm intended.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @12:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @12:56AM (#420726)

    And I had never heard the euphemism "Gentleman's Sausage" for a hand cranked purple yoghurt slinger.

    +1 informative to YOU, sir.