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Medical Xpress / Kaiser Permanente to pay $556 million in record Medicare Advantage fraud settlement
In the largest Medicare Advantage fraud settlement to date, Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $556 million to settle Justice Department allegations that it billed the government for medical conditions patients didn't have.
Medical Xpress / People with mental illness found to receive poorer diabetes care
People with mental illness have a higher risk of developing diabetes due to multiple factors. However, they do not receive adequate medical care for existing diabetes, as an international study led by the Medical Faculty ...
Tech Xplore / From chess moves to clean energy: A creative path to affordable power for developing nations
The global push for clean energy often highlights high-tech solutions in wealthy countries. But a team at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is proving that simple, clever ideas—inspired by chess, secondhand batteries, ...
Phys.org / Searching for 'green oceans' and 'purple Earths'
The early stage of giant telescope development involves a lot of horse-trading to try to appease all the different stakeholders that are hoping to get what they want out of the project, but also to try to appease the financial ...
Tech Xplore / AI can make the dead talk—why this doesn't comfort us
For as long as humans have buried their dead, they've dreamed of keeping them close. The ancient Fayum portraits—those stunningly lifelike images wrapped in Egyptian mummies—captured faces meant to remain present even ...
Tech Xplore / Cyberattacks can trigger societal crises, scientists warn
Cyberattacks can wreak havoc on the systems they target, yet their impact often spreads far beyond technical failures, potentially triggering crises that engulf entire communities, a new study argues.
Medical Xpress / Q&A: Dissociation in borderline personality disorder can hinder daily life and the course of therapy
Dissociation is a common symptom in borderline personality disorder and is associated with an increased risk of suicidality and self-harm. Dialectical behavior therapist Anne Krause-Utz has written a book for clinicians, ...
Phys.org / 'We got lazy and complacent': Swedish pensioners explain how abolishing the wealth tax changed their country
For much of the 20th century, Sweden enjoyed a justifiable reputation as one of Europe's most egalitarian countries. Yet over the past two decades, it has transformed into what journalist and author Andreas Cervenka calls ...
Phys.org / Hubble observes ghostly cloud alive with star formation
While this eerie NASA Hubble Space Telescope image may look ghostly, it's actually full of new life. Lupus 3 is a star-forming cloud about 500 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.
Phys.org / Proba-3 mission captures rare solar prominence eruptions in sun's inner corona
The sun's inner corona, the hottest part of our star's atmosphere, appears faint yellow in a time-lapse made from images taken by the ASPIICS coronagraph aboard Proba-3.
Phys.org / What the first medical evacuation from the International Space Station tells us about health care in space
For the first time in 25 years of continuous crewed operations, an astronaut has been medically evacuated from the International Space Station (ISS). The Crew-11 mission ended when a SpaceX Dragon capsule brought the four ...
Medical Xpress / Toxic metals and carcinogens found in Australian tattoo inks
A study led by UNSW Sydney and published today analyzed the chemical composition of 15 black and colored tattoo inks from major, established international tattoo ink brands that were purchased from Australian suppliers. While ...
