Rural Colon Cancer Patients Are More Likely To Receive Late-Stage Diagnosis And Inferior Treatment

Colon cancer patients living in rural areas are less likely to receive an early diagnosis, chemotherapy, or thorough surgical treatment when compared with patients living in urban areas. Rural residents are also more likely to die from their colon cancer than urban patients, according to new research findings from surgeons at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The study was presented at the American College of Surgeons 2012 Annual Clinical Congress...
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Discovery That Spider Glue Is Tailored With Two Functions Will Likely Lead To Medical Applications

While the common house spider may be creepy, it also has been inspiring researchers to find new and better ways to develop adhesives for human applications such as wound healing and industrial-strength tape. Think about an adhesive suture strong enough to heal a fractured shoulder and that same adhesive designed with a light tackiness ideal for "ouch-free" bandages. University of Akron polymer scientists and biologists have discovered that this house spider - in order to more efficiently capture different types of prey - performs an uncommon feat...
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Medication Use Twice As Likely For Overweight Kids

Overweight kids are significantly more likely to take prescription medications than their normal-weight peers, increasing the already expensive costs for treating childhood obesity, according to a new study by the University of Alberta. Over 2,000 Canadian children's medication use were analyzed from the 2007 through 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey. The team of experts, from the School of Public Health, discovered that overweight and obese kids (ages 12 to 19) were 59% more likely to take prescription drugs than kids of average weight...
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