Russian Republic to Produce Apitherapy Products

Kulinski District of Dagestan Implements a Number of Large Investment Projects

Makhachkala, April 5, 2011 - The Kulinski district administration along with the Republican Agency for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations developed an investment passport of the region.

According to the passport data the local administration intends to create a big animal farm in the settlement of Tsovkra.

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Manuka Honey May Help Treat Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis

Evaluation of Manuka Honey in Management of Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis: A
Case Report
J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2011 Apr;40(2):E19-21

The cases presented here suggest that Manuka honey can be considered as a potential treatment for patients suffering from AFRS who have failed all alternative treatment regimes. More research using double blinded trials for chronic sinusitis, AFRS and post

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Honey Used for Wound Treatment in Ayurvedic Medicine

Role of Honey (Madhu) in the Management of Wounds (Dushta Vrana)
Int J Ayurveda Res, 2010 Oct;1(4):271-3

Application of Madhu (honey) is one among the Shashthi Upakrama (sixty treatment modalities) described by Sushruta.

Clinical observation has shown its effectiveness in treatment of Dushta Vrana (chronic wounds). We report a case of Dushta Vrana on the anterior aspect of the right leg that

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Article Outlines Health Benefits of Bee Products

Jury’s Out on Honey’s Health Benefits, But Buzz Grows By Kim Mulford, (Cherry Hill, N.J.) Courier-Post, 3/28/2011

CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Ancient Greeks and Egyptians used it. So did your grandmother. But modern medicine hasn’t fully recognized the health benefits of honey and other bee products.

Few well-controlled studies have been done on the effectiveness of apitherapy, or the medical use of

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Honey a Low Cost Treatment for HIV Patients with Venous Ulcers

Derma Sciences Advanced Wound Care Products Featured in Five Poster Presentations at the Diabetic Foot Global Conference 2011

PRINCETON, N.J.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Derma Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSCI), a medical device and pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, today announced that five scientific abstracts based on commercial and development-stage products in the Company

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Honey, Black Seed Help Heal Gastric Ulcers

Comparative Gastroprotective Effects of Natural Honey, Nigella sativa and Cimetidine Against Acetylsalicylic Acid Induced Gastric Ulcer in Albino Rats
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak, 2011 Mar;21(3):151-6

Objective: Natural honey (NH) and Nigella sativa (NS) seeds have been in use as a natural remedy for over thousands of years in various parts of the world.

The aim of this study was to assess the

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New Process Standardizes Manuka Honey's Active Ingredient

Powdered Manuka Honey Could Boost Earnings
National Business Review, 3/24/2011

A Te Awamutu company, Manuka Health NZ Ltd, says it has found a way to boost tenfold the potential earnings from each kilogram of biologically active manuka honey, which is already a $100 million export industry.

The company said today that its next generation of manuka honey products would use patented technology to

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An in vitro Comparison of the Antimicrobial Activity of Honey, Iodine and Silver

Wound Dressings Bioscience Horizons, Volume4, Issue1, Pp. 61-70

The main line of treatment for chronic wounds is the application of an appropriate dressing. Dressings can be used to reduce odour and pain, maintain a moist healing environment, remove excessive exudate and prevent clinical infection.

Antimicrobial compounds such as silver, honey and iodine have been in use for millennia. The

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New Apitherapy Quality Standards Project

By Horacio Mezziga, ApiNews, 3/21/2011

The Apitherapy Commission of Apimondia has set up new program to establish a standard of quality for products pertaining to Apitherapy. The program will provide a Gold Label which will protect the name apitherapy from being used for products that fail to reach the standards demanded in medicine.

Many years of research in the apitherapy field have given

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Honey Boosts Effect of Anti-Diabetic Drugs

Glibenclamide or Metformin Combined with Honey Improves Glycemic Control in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
Int J Biol Sci, 2011; 7:244-252

Diabetes mellitus is associated with deterioration of glycemic control and progressive metabolic derangements. This study investigated the effect of honey as an adjunct to glibenclamide or metformin on glycemic control in streptozotocin-induced diabetic

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Royal Jelly Protein May Play Role in Honey Allergy

Immunological Characterization of Honey Proteins and Identification of MRJP 1 as an IgE-Binding Protein
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem, 2011 Mar 7

We encountered a fourth case of honey allergy in Japan. We characterized and identified the IgE-binding proteins in honey using the serum of a honey-allergenic patient.

Immunoblot analysis revealed that IgE in the patient serum specifically bound to four

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