The old wives' tale that cranberry juice may be able to help with your urinary tract infection (UTI) might actually have some weight to it. Research has shown that cranberry juice and other cranberry products may help prevent UTIs in some people.

The study was published in Archives of Internal Medicine. It found that cranberry-containing products worked to prevent UTIs best for women with recurring UTIs, women, children, cranberry juice drinkers and subjects who used cranberry-containing products more than twice daily.

Cranberry juice was found to be more effective the cranberry capsules or tablets. But researchers warned that drinking juice with a high sugar content may "raise concerns" for people who are diabetics.

As many as 50 percent of women will develop at least one urinary tract infection in their lifetime, and up to 30 percent will develop recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs).

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