Wednesday, April 02, 2008

FDA Quietly Acknowledges Medical Benefits of Honey

"(NaturalNews) In an Associated Press story dated December 27th 2007, it was revealed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had quietly approved a line of honey-based wound dressings during the fall of that year. Derma Sciences, Inc., a New Jersey manufacturer of medical wound and skin care supplies, was then able to market their MEDIHONEY product. MEDIHONEY is a line of wound dressings consisting chiefly of an absorbent alginate (which is a component of brown algae) pad, covered in Manuka (Leptospermum) honey." read the rest of "FDA Quietly Acknowledges Medical Benefits of Honey" at naturalnews.com