Federal prosecutors said the doctors unnecessarily prescribed opioids to patients and sought to defraud insurance companies.
Study upends timeline for Iroquoian history
New research raises questions about the timing and nature of early interactions between indigenous people and Europeans in North America.
Graphic warnings snuff out cigarettes’ appeal to kids
New research suggests graphic warning labels on cigarette ads have the same anti-smoking effect as similar warning labels on cigarette…
Inflammatory bowel disease linked to prostate cancer
Men with inflammatory bowel disease have four to five times higher risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer. This is…
Gender bias sways how we perceive competence in faces
Faces that are seen as competent are also perceived as more masculine, according to new research.
What’s behind Mediterranean diet and lower cardiovascular risk?
A new study offers insights from a cohort study of women in the U.S. who reported consuming a Mediterranean-type diet.
Scientists to produce anti-cancer drugs in yeast
Nature is so complex that natural molecules used for i.e. cancer treatment still can’t be produced by chemical synthesis. Today,…
Targeted cognitive training benefits patients with severe schizophrenia
Researchers find that patients with severe, refractory schizophrenia benefit from targeted cognitive therapy, improving auditory and verbal outcomes and the…
Eliminating the latent reservoir of HIV
A new study suggests that a genetic switch that causes latent HIV inside cells to begin to replicate can be…
Bacterial ‘sleeper cells’ evade antibiotics and weaken defence against infection
New research unravels how so-called bacterial persister cells manipulate our immune cells, potentially opening new avenues to finding ways of…