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"For years--so very many years!--the &amp;quot;cure&amp;quot; for the common bladder infection has been a tall glass of cranberry juice. I know at least half a dozen people who so believe in the healing powers of the red liquid, they probably keep OceanSpray in business with the vats they drink at the first sign of UTI trouble. But does cranberry juice really cure urinary tract infections? According to the newest research, the answer is... A very tentative maybe. According to an article in The Globe and Mail,, a new study now shows that the compound in cranberry juice that was thought to help cure bladder infections--doesn&amp;#x27;t. In fact: &amp;quot;It turns out that even after a person chugs several litres of cranberry juice cocktail in one sitting, the urine does not become acidic enough to slow bacterial growth.&amp;quot; But! There might be something else in the juice--a hard-to-pin-down ingredient, since the cranberry contains 200 &amp;quot;active substances&amp;quot;--that could actually help. Huh. It&amp;#x27;s a bit of a cranberry conundrum. So what&amp;#x27;s a girl with a UTI to do while researchers sort this out (and probably do anyway)? Check in with your doc. Do you suffer from UTIs? Do you ever rely on cranberry juice? Or do you have another tried-and-true method? More on UTIs: * Do You Suffer From UTIs? Read This! * Remember Mr. Bubble? * Could Pepperoni Pizza Be Giving You Pain (Down There)? More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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