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Study to Determine if Honey Prevents Radiation Therapy Mouth Sores 

Research on Manuka Honey Effect on Ulcers
Aim to Reduce Oral Problems in Cancer Patients 
By Elspeth Mclean, Otago Daily Times (New Zealand), 12/11/2008
http://tinyurl.com/5vj86a

"A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down," so the song goes, but
for some Dunedin cancer patients next year, three spoonfuls of honey a
day will be part of the medicine.

They will be taking part in research to determine if Manuka honey can
ease the effects of radiation therapy.

The study, based on a two-year randomised trial, will involve 120
patients in Dunedin, Wellington and Palmerston North who are receiving
radiation therapy for head and neck cancers.

Principal investigator, University of Otago senior lecturer in the
department of radiation therapy (Wellington) Dr Patries Herst said mouth
ulcers were a common side-effect from radiation treatment…

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