News tagged with cranberry juice

Research shows how cranberry juice fights bacteria at the molecular level

Revealing the science behind the homespun advice, a team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has identified and measured the molecular forces that enable cranberry juice to fight off urinary ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows cranberry juice is better than extracts at fighting bacterial infections

With scientific evidence now supporting the age-old wisdom that cranberries, whether in sauce or as juice, prevent urinary tract infections, people have wondered if there was an element of the berry that, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Cranberry juice shows promise blocking Staph infections

Expanding their scope of study on the mechanisms of bacterial infection, researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have reported the surprise finding from a small clinical study that cranberry juice ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New evidence on how cranberry juice fights bacteria that cause urinary tract infections

Scientists today reported new scientific evidence on the effectiveness of that old folk remedy -- cranberry juice -- for urinary tract infections, at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Study suggests cranberry juice not effective against urinary tract infections

Drinking cranberry juice has been recommended to decrease the incidence of urinary tract infections, based on observational studies and a few small clinical trials. However, a new study published in the January 1 issue of ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New research reveals how cranberry products prevent urinary tract infections

Chemicals present in cranberries—and not the acidity of cranberry juice, as previously thought—prevent infection-causing bacteria from attaching to the cells that line the urinary tract, as documented in a report published ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0