Can Cranberry’s Bioactive Ingredient Prevent UTIs?

The Doctor Weighs In
7 min readJun 23, 2019

By: Brian J. Flynn, MD

The urgent battle against recurrent UTIs and antibiotic resistance requires a fresh look at cranberries for UTI prevention.

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Recurrent urinary tract infections ( UTIs) have a large impact on patients’ quality of life. They account for some 10 million office visits a year and up to 60% of all antibiotic prescriptions.A frustrating…

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