By Sandra Hutchinson, Medical Xpress, 10/13/2014
Honey's antibacterial benefits are widely recognised but now
a QUT team of optometry researchers is conducting clinical trials of the
therapeutic effect of the sweet nectar as a remedy for dry, red and sore eyes,
which are an irritating and chronic problem for one in three Australian adults.
Clinical Optometrist and dry eye researcher Dr Julie
Albietz, from the QUT Health Clinics and the School of Optometry and Vision
Sciences, has studied the benefits of antibacterial medical honeys on the eye's
surface tissues for more than a decade and will lead two trials comparing
traditional eye lid hygiene and lubricant eye products with honey-based
therapies for the management of dry eye symptoms and signs…
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