Honey and Medicine: Past, Present and Future
P C Molan, Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the Honey
Research Unit University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2007/10/honey-and-medicine-past-present-and.html

[Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of abstracts from the 1st
International Conference on the Medicinal Uses of Honey (From Hive to
Therapy) held by Universiti Sains Malaysia in August of 2006. The
abstracts have been published by the Malaysian Journal of Medical
Sciences (Vol.14 No.1, January 2007).]

…It is predicted that in the future it will be widely used
prophylactically to prevent infection of patients with "superbugs" in
hospitals, and will come into use as standard treatment for: leprosy;
for all surgical wounds to prevent infection, prevent scarring, and
speed healing; for burns, to prevent infection and prevent further
damage to tissues caused by inflammation resulting from the thermal
damage; to minimise burning from radiotherapy for cancer; to minimise
effects on the gut of chemotherapy for cancer; and will be fully
accepted by the medical profession as a legitimate modern medicine.

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