MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cranberry'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:24:31 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077828&cid=t_193539_113_f&fid=38494&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcuretogether.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F07%2F29%2Furinary-tract-infection-antibiotics-or-cranberry-juice%2F An article came out this week in the New York Times reporting that antibiotics work better than cranberry juice at treating urinary tract infections. This finding came from a research study on 221 women published in The Archives of Internal Medicine. We decided to look and see what the 1,303 people at CureTogether with UTIs had to say about this. Here’s what we found: Our results agree with the study! Antibiotics rate as the #1 treatment for UTI, while cranberry juice rates near the bottom for effectiveness. Also, it’s worth noting that our study, while perhaps not as well controlled as the published study, was done at a tiny fraction of the cost, with more patients. And still came to the same conclusion. (Source: The Collective Well) The Collective Well blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077828 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:53:05 +0100 5077828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4405778&cid=t_193539_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcranberry-juice-for-urinary-tract-infections-evidence-is-still-lacking%2F2011.01.26 It always somewhat surprises me how some interventions never seem to die. One therapy that refuses to be put to rest, or even to be clarified, is the use of cranberry juice for urinary tract infections (UTIs). PubMed references go back to 1962, and there are over 100 references. Firm conclusions are still lacking. There is a reasonable, but incomplete, basic science behind the use of the cranberry juice for UTIs. E. coli , the most common cause of UTIs, causes infection in the bladder by binding to the uroepithelial cells. To do this, they make  fimbriae,  proteinaceous fibers on the bacterial cell wall. Fimbriae are adhesins that attach to specific sugar based receptors on uroepithelial cells. Think Velcro. Being able to stick to cells is an important virulence factor for bacteri... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4405778 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:00:51 +0100 4405778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4027152&cid=t_193539_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fa8T7DzAyVVE%2F By Michael F. CannonThere are plenty of reasons why politicians and government bureaucrats have no business telling you what you should eat.  The Constitution grants the federal government no authority to do so, for one thing.  Even if it did, it is simply wrong to force people to pay taxes so that other people can hand down nutritional advice or — God forbid – mandates. A terrific article by Jane Black in The Washington Post illustrates why, furthermore, the government’s advice isn’t likely to be very good: [H]istorically, the government has shied away from offering controversial advice. And with food, everything is controversial: A boost for one type of food in the guidelines can be viewed as a threat by providers of competing products. The result, critics say... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4027152 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:03:19 +0100 4027152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259309&cid=t_193539_167_f&fid=38576&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drbriffa.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F02%2F09%2Fcranberry-found-effective-for-urinary-tract-infections-in-girls%2F Urinary tract infections are common in women, and for some women can be recurrent and require repeated doses of antibiotics or even prophylactic antibiotics. Organisms (usually E. coli) that cause UTIs generally gain access to the bladder via the urethra (the pipe connecting the bladder with the outside). Some of the strategies that may help [...] (Source: Dr John Biffa's Blog) Dr John Biffa's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259309 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:36:26 +0100 3259309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254757&cid=t_193539_167_f&fid=38576&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drbriffa.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F02%2F09%2Fcranberry-found-effective-for-urinary-tract-infections-in-girls%2F Urinary tract infections are common in women, and for some women can be recurrent and require repeated doses of antibiotics or even prophylactic antibiotics. Organisms (usually E. coli) that cause UTIs generally gain access to the bladder via the urethra (the pipe connecting the bladder with the outside). Some of the strategies that may help [...] (Source: Dr John Biffa's Blog) Dr John Biffa's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254757 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:34:50 +0100 3254757 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2667413&cid=t_193539_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fbreastfeeding123%2Fslow-down-and-nurse-or-else%2F Recently my body sent me a little warning that I needed to slow down. My husband was out of town last week and that left me on my own (with the three kids) for five days. I shuttled the girls to daily swim lessons, weekly library story time, the children’s museum and a playdate. On top of that I made a concerted effort to keep up with the laundry and other housekeeping chores. By the end of the week, the kids were happy, the house was tidy, but I was wiped out and my body told me so! On Saturday I started to notice a sore spot in my right breast. I had a plugged duct, which is my body’s way of kicking itself when I am run down. The symbolic red flag that says: Slow down or else! (Photo by Jay Simmons)It’s the red flag that says, “Hey there Mama, slow it down and foc... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2667413 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:55:43 +0100 2667413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1679451&cid=t_193539_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fstraight-from-bog.html Last night, I tuned into dLife (well, I didn't exactly do it myself, but TiVO changed the channel and began recording it for me and I turned the TV on and tuned in then). I realize that dLife is an advertiser-sponsored program, and like other diabetes-related media, dLife needs sponsors to pay its bills.But one thing that irritates me is their regular broadcasting of Ocean Spray Light juice commercials. One of those commercials, which by the way, have gotten some positive reviews for their humor and effectiveness in the advertising industry, can be found here:Don't get me wrong, Ocean Spray Light DOES have 2/3 fewer calories and sugar than Ocean Spray's regular juice drinks BUT why is one of the nation's best-known and most successful agricultural cooperatives (consisting of growers of cra... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1679451 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100 1679451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1018827&cid=t_193539_140_f&fid=35479&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarhousewife.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fwoo-hoo.html Guess what? I am sooooo excited to announce that I have just purchased (and safely brought home) my first CRANBERRY BLISS BAR of the season!!!!!! Yeah! Woohoo! Non-Starbucks people won't get it, but try one, and you will . . . They are awesome indeed, and addictive. Only here for a short time, too short to say the least. So get 'em while you can, as long as you don't buy them from MY local Starbucks--I plan to buy and enjoy all I can until they are gone!Well, gotta go, I want to savor the taste. Here I go, to cranberry bliss . . .:)R (Source: The Bipolar Housewife Experiment) The Bipolar Housewife Experiment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1018827 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:34:00 +0100 1018827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=828564&cid=t_193539_136_f&fid=36051&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FCancerCommentary%2F%7E3%2F149483563%2F Chemotherapy platinum drugs including cisplatin and paraplatin are mainstay treatment for ovarian cancer. But ovarian cancer cells often fall resistant to platinum therapy which pose a problem to the treatment that even increasing the dosage is of no good because it will cause unwanted side-effects such as nerve damage and kidney failure. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer and the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States. Now, cell culture studies of human ovarian cancer cells that are resistant to platinum drugs have been found to become 6 times more sensitized to the drugs after exposure to the cranberry compounds obtained from juice extracts. Paraplatin killed 6 times more cancer cells... Cancer Commentary blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=828564 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:01:59 +0100 828564