The Telegraph reports that while manuka honey is widely considered a 'superfood', some 58% of those who purchase the honey do not know why it is better than ordinary honey. Furthermore, some 70% of them do not know what the UMF rating is.

Hopefully if you read our website you will be part of the minority who know what the UMF rating is all about and why it is important!

Click here to read the full article on the Telegraph.co.uk website.

Opera singer Katherine Jenkins appeared on the Paul O'Grady show and in the interview she explained how she uses Manuka Honey in a home made drink recipe to help her voice recover after performances. She also uses it to help fight off sore throats and colds.

The video is available to view on YouTube by clicking here. Alternatively, click the video window below to play the video.

Following on from its new coverage of the use of Active Manuka Honey to aid mouth cancer patients in their recovery after surgery. The article gives a good summary of the use of UMF rated manuka honey in modern health care, detailing the very varied applications of the honey. Click here to visit the article on the Daily Mail website.

This article appears in the health section of the newspaper and can also be accessed on the Time Online website. The article provides an interesting case study as well as giving examples of the honey's many varied applications. It also mentions the research that has been conducted in the UK by Dr Rose Cooper, the head of the University of Wales Institute research team, who has recently conducted research into applications where MRSA infection is present.

Click here to visit the article on the Times website. Note that the article spreads onto two pages - to access the second page you need to click the 'page 2' link at the foot of page 1 (the link is in small text).

This news report on the BBC website explains how UMF rated Active Manuka Honey is increasingly being considered as a mainstream wound dressing treatment. The honey is best applied directly onto a wound, but is also available in a semi-dry form as part of a wound dressing. Honey for such applications is available in tubes and has been prepared to clinical standards, including full gamma irradiaton.

Click here to read the report on the BBC website.

The Daily Mail reports on the potential impact that manuka honey could have in providing medical workers with a new weapon in the fight against superbugs which increasingly infest hospital wards.

Click here to access the article on the Daily Mail website.

The Guardian's John Briffa provides advice to a writer whose father suffers from a leg ulcer. To access the article please click here (note that you must scroll to the second letter on the page after clicking the link).

The programme reported on the special antibacterial qualities of certain varieties of Active Manuka Honey. It reported on the use of a special wound dressing preparation under development by Dr Peter Molan of the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

The programme concentrated on the new dressing, although the UMF-rated honey has been applied to ordinary dressings for many years, providing a successful treatment to long standing sufferers of chronic open wounds. Click here to visit the feature at the Tomorrow's World website.

The BBC's flagship health programme reported on the evaluation of the curative properties of honey in five hospitals across the UK. It included a report on the work being carried out by Dr Rose Cooper at the Wound Healing research unit at the University of Wales College of Medicine. UMF rated Active Manuka Honey was found to kill the bacteria MRSA in tests carried out on an agar plate impregnated with a 3% concentration of Active Manuka Honey.

Read the report at http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/reports/health/hchoney.shtml

On 8 March 2000 CNN reported on the research being carried out by Dr Peter Molan on UMF rated Active Manuka Honey's use in treating persistent chronic leg wounds. It reports on the effectiveness at combatting wounds infected with the bacteria staphylococcus aureus, as well as the other non-bacterial qualities of the honey such as the promotion of new tissue growth.

Read more at http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/alternative/03/08/honey.healing.wmd/index.html

Honey, despite being sweet, has been found to disrupt the process by which bacteria in the mouth are able to cause tooth decay. The bacteria Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus sobrinus, and Lactobacillus caseii, which inhabit the mouth and produce harmful acid, have been found in laboritory testing to have their acid production sharply reduced and almost stopped altogether in the presence of moderate antibacterial strength honey.

The article also suggests uses of honey in treating gum inflamations with various causes. The honey has pain reducing qualities, reducing gum inflamation at the same time. The article draws attention to the testing of honey for its antimicrobial activity. Read more at http://cbshealthwatch.medscape.com/cx/viewarticle/236147

Australia's well known science programme 'Beyond 2000' reported on the medicinal qualities of the Leptospermum group of plant species (of which the Manuka bush is a member). It reports that honey is used in mainstream wound therapy in India, Africa and the Middle East. Randomised trials demonstrate that honey is more effective in controlling infection in burn wounds than silver sulphadiazine, the antibacterial ointment most widely used in hospitals.

Read more at http://www.beyond2000.com.au/news/Aug_00/story_714.html

This article explains how certain kinds of honey (ie Active Manuka Honey) is the only antiseptic which does not damage skin tissues. It goes on to detail Peter Molan's research work and says that Active Manuka Honey is the only antiseptic that he keeps in his medicine cabinet.

Read more at http://cbshealthwatch.medscape.com/cx/viewarticle/216493

Mother Earth News reports on the many uses of honey on health including the treatment of stomach ulcers, wounds and recouperation from fatigue. Honey used topically as a wound dressing material results in a sterile wound site, debrides the wound (removes dead tissue) and promotes circulation and new tissue formation. The article states that honey is actually an ideal material to have in a first aid kit.