Honey Fights Infection-Causing Bacteria

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First Posted: 09-16-09 02:24 PM   |   Updated: 09-16-09 02:37 PM

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A dark, bitter kind of honey can cripple infection-causing bacteria, including the highly virulent strain known as MRSA, and now researchers think they know how the honey fights the superbug.

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A dark, bitter kind of honey can cripple infection-causing bacteria, including the highly virulent strain known as MRSA, and now researchers think they know how the honey fights the superbug.
A dark, bitter kind of honey can cripple infection-causing bacteria, including the highly virulent strain known as MRSA, and now researchers think they know how the honey fights the superbug.
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those unscientific, "quack" alternative medicine types have known this for centuries... welcome to the club, modern science....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:37 PM on 09/16/2009
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"quack" alternative medicine types have kown this for centuries...." Alt Med people believed in the germ theory for centuries? Don't think so.
Anyway, honey is a mainstream thing; it's been used in dressings by nurses for years

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:57 PM on 09/16/2009
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