Licorice root: Trip to the candy store might help ward off rare, but deadly infections
Monday, January 4, 2010 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
As it turns out, children were not the only ones with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads over this past holiday season. In a new study, scientists show how a compound from licorice root might be an effective tool in battling life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant infections resulting from severe burns.