“A new study into an ancient remedy now proves that honey helps the treatment of some wounds better than most modern antibiotics. The study, by researchers from the University of Bonn, Germany, has found that medihoney is a very effective healer, even healing chronic wounds infected with multi-resistant bacteria within a few weeks. The study was conducted in collaboration with colleagues from Düsseldorf, Homburg and Berlin. Dr Arne Simon from the cancer ward of the Bonn University Children’s Clinic said that with doctors being faced with germs resistant to all current anti-biotic, honey was once again being seen as a viable treatment. ‘In hospitals today we are faced with germs which are resistant to almost all the current anti-biotics. As a result, the medical use of honey is becoming attractive again for the treatment of wounds,’ he said.” (08/01/06)