Health Bulletin, Chapter V: Ladies Night, part 1

[the_chanman]

You heard right...in honor of Senator McCain's historic VP choice (okay, not really for that reason), I have decided to split the Women's Health posts into two parts.  The first will be about UTI's, vaginal infections, and cervical cancer screening, while the next will be about osteoporosis and breast cancer screening, issues facing the older

Comments

[llamapyjamas]

Is it true that chugging cranberry juice only works if it's unsweetened? I have a friend who's especially prone to UTIs, and I remember not understanding why it's so torturous to drink cranberry juice (goes so well with vodka!) until she informed me that hers was unsweetened.

[the_chanman]

I'm not familiar with that claim. The only thing I can think of is, unsweetened cranberry juice might have more actual cranberry juice than cocktail, and therefore may be more effective. Theoretically, it shouldn't matter how much sugar is in the juice, since sugar is not excreted in the urine unless you have diabetes or kidney failure. But pure cranberry juice is quite sour (which makes sense because that's what acid tastes like).

[neferkatie9]

gotta love that mystery box...

[ruruah]

looks like I'm punching myself in the kidney when I think I have a UTI...