Pills and Powders Aim to Replace Cranberry Juice as Go-To Prevention for U.T.I.s
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"There's really no data for it," Dr. Brucker said.The Food and Drug Administration does not closely regulate supplements, which means there is limited data on whether they are effective.There's encouraging, but scant, data to support this: A 2017 meta-analysis found that cranberry reduced the risk of developing a U.T.I. by 26 percent in otherwise healthy women with a history of urinary infections, but the studies had small numbers of participants."If there's a low risk, and there's some data that says it might work, it might be reasonable for a doctor to say, let's consider these remedies."
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