April 18/London/The Independent -- New research published April 14 suggests that replenishing the body with probiotics can be a natural way to fight off chronic urinary tract infection (UTI) in women.

Women have long been relying on priobiotics, or "good bacteria" -- either in yogurt or as dietary supplements -- to treat such problems as yeast infection, bacterial vaginosis, and UTI, but medical science offers limited support, states Harvard Medical School. Yet a new study shows promise.