ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 9, 1994                   TAG: 9403090199
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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CRANBERRY JUICE MAY HELP FIGHT INFECTION

Harvard doctors have turned folklore into science, conducting the first large-scale controlled study to confirm that cranberry juice lowers a woman's risk of urinary tract infections.

Dr. Jerry Avorn tested the effectiveness of 10 ounces of cranberry juice consumed daily over six months in a group of 153 elderly women. The study showed that those drinking cranberry juice had a greater than 50 percent reduction in bacteria in the urine.

For generations, cranberry juice has been the home remedy for preventing urinary infections. 


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