July 30 – Poverty, Synesthesia, skin glue

By News Staff

Posted Jul 30, 2013 9:44 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Poverty is the most common cause of poor health in Canada, according to the Canadian Medical Association
A man being treated at St. Michael’s Hospital is believed to be only the second person in the world known to have developed synesthesia — a rare neurological condition — after suffering a stroke
Painkilling gel makes skin glue less painful when it is used to seal a cut, a study found

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