Web edition: April 3, 2007
Print edition: April 7, 2007; Vol.171 #14
This study on canker sores compared an "untreated" group with a group using licorice patches. A more valid comparison would be for the control group to be treated with patches that contained no licorice.
Janet McClure
Cardiff, Calif.
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