Study: Yogurt-like drink DanActive reduced rate of common infections in daycare children

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 07:31 in Health & Medicine

Washington, DC -- The probiotic yogurt-like drink DanActive reduced the rate of common sicknesses such as ear infections, sinusitis, the flu and diarrhea in daycare children, say researchers who studied the drink in the largest known probiotic clinical trial to be conducted in the United States. An additional finding, however, showed no reduction in the number school days missed.

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