Health Notes

Urinary Tract Infection

Also indexed as:Bladder Infection, Cystitis, Honeymoon Cystitis, UTI
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Holistic Options

Acupuncture might be of some benefit for women with recurrent UTIs. A controlled study compared acupuncture to sham (“fake”) acupuncture or no treatment in a group of women with recurrent UTIs. After six months, the women receiving real acupuncture had half as many UTI episodes as the sham group and only one-third as many as the untreated group, a significant difference.1

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