Most women will have a urinary tract infection at some time in their life and a third of them will have several recurrences. This is the first high quality study to determine if cranberry juice can prevent the recurrence of urinary tract infections. Dr. Tero Kontiokari and colleagues at the University of Oulu, in Finland studied 150 women with bladder infections. The participants were randomly divided into three groups. The first group drank about two ounces of cranberry-lingonberry juice a day for six months.
Lingonberries are similar to cranberries and are popular in Scandinavia.
The second group drank 4 ounces of a Lactobacillus drink. Lactobacillus is a beneficial bacteria which helps control overgrowth of disease causing bacteria. The third group served as a control and took nothing. The National Council on the Aging is providing an interactive tool that can help determine if you qualify for the more than 1,000 state and federal benefits programs. Now NCOA has joined the digital age by forming a consortium of corporations and foundations including AOL Time Warner, New York Life, and the U.S. National Institute on Aging.