After she gave birth, Mica got another UTI. Her midwife told her to take cranberry pills or drink cranberry juice.  “My UTI never progressed further,” she says. A review of 50 studies found that cranberry and cranberry products (such as tablets or capsules) may reduce the risk of UTIs in children and women with recurrent infections, though the review didn’t demonstrate that the products are effective in pregnant women or the elderly.