Honey may reduce healing times in patients suffering mild to moderate burn wounds. A systematic review by Cochrane Library Researchers concluded that honey might be useful as an alternative to traditional wound dressings in treating burns.
“We’re treating these results with caution, but it looks like honey can help speed up healing in some burns,” says [...]

Killer dyes that can wipe out bacteria could help solve the superbug problems faced by surgical patients, scientists heard  at the Society for General Microbiology’s Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin.
Infected wounds are a major problem for thousands of hospital patients every year, and up to 9% of hospital acquired infections [...]

Type and severity of combat wounds have changed.
The transition in Iraq from maneuver warfare to insurgency warfare is associated with changes in the type and severity of injuries treated by surgical units of the U.S. Marine Corps, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Surgery. In the second, insurgent phase of [...]