Washington Post Article Looks at Use of Honey in Wound Healing

Could Honey, an Ancient Remedy, Make a Comeback in Contemporary Wound
Care?
By Eric Frederick Trump, The Washington Post, 8/7/2007
http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2007/08/washington-post-article-looks-at-use-of.html

…Manuka has also attracted attention because, in an era when the
efficacy of pharmaceutical antibiotics is under threat, it has shown
some promise in the treatment of wounds infected with especially
challenging bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA), the superbug whose incidence increased 32-fold in U.S.
hospitals between 1976 and 2003, according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.

Manuka dressings have been in use for some time in Great Britain and
Australia as well as in New Zealand; earlier this year they were cleared
for use as an antimicrobial dressing in Canada; and last month the Food
and Drug Administration cleared them for use in wound and burn care --
though not as an antimicrobial drug -- making them the first honey-based
products cleared for medical use in the United States…

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