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Family sugar remedy tested for healing people's wounds [View all]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21457155
Moses Murandu saw sugar treatment being used often as a child in Zimbabwe
A nurse is researching whether an old family remedy using sugar to heal wounds does actually work.
Moses Murandu, from Zimbabwe, grew up watching his father use granulated sugar to treat wounds.
Sugar is thought to draw water away from wounds and prevent bacteria from multiplying.
Early results from a trial on 35 hospital patients in Birmingham are encouraging, but more research is needed.
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