Q: I work with animals. Yesterday, we had a dog rip out her stitches to a point where closure was not an option. Our veterinarian placed honey on a dressing and bandaged up our little beagle. Today, ...

Q: I did an internship in OB/GYN in 1973 at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn. When a wound would start to open rather than healing, we would have the patient come to the hospital a few times a week ...

In hospital rooms across the United States, physicians are increasingly turning to an unexpected ally in the fight against dangerous infections, honey. Not the kind found in plastic bears on ...

Raw honey, untouched by pasteurization or processing, preserves the natural vitamins, enzymes, and phytonutrients that are often lost in conventional honeys. With a sequence of sweet notes depending ...

Dr. Karen Dente, who writes about medical issues for various English and German-language publications, discusses the healing power of honey. The antibacterial properties of medicinal honey help heal ...

"Grind to a powder river dust . . . and then knead it in water and honey, and let oil and hot cedar oil be spread over it." (Sumerian clay tablet , c. 2000 B.C.) "Boil together strong white vinegar, ...