cranberry products can increase the risk of kidney stones
December 2001
Experts are warning that cranberry products can increase the risk of kidney stones.
This is important. Cranberry juice is often used for patients with recurrent urinary tract infections.
The editors of our Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database have analyzed all the literature and rate cranberry juice as "possibly effective" for preventing recurrent UTIs.
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