When scientists falsify data, they try to cover it up by writing differently in their published works. A pair of Stanford researchers have devised a way of identifying these written clues.

Objective  To examine the association between the presence of individual principal investigators’ financial ties to the manufacturer of the study drug and the trial’s outcomes after accounting for...

Fraud is an important issue that affects research of both scientific and clinical fields because of its potential to adversely affect patient care. Fraud can take many forms, each with varying...

The public already holds drug manufacturers in low esteem – and now they’ve got more fuel for their opinion.

It's the biggest whistleblower event we've ever seen, bigger even than Thompson's disturbing and compelling confession of conspiracy and coverup at the highest levels. The latest bombshell reveals...

Merck made a "hit list" of doctors who criticized Vioxx, according to testimony in a Vioxx class action case in Australia. The list, emailed between Merck employees, contained doctors' names with the...

Duke University agreed to a deal Monday that will require it to repay the federal government $112.5 million to settle claims it falsified scientific research at taxpayers' expense.

Jan Hendrik Schon produced a string of fake discoveries. So why were his fellow scientists so slow to work out what was going on, asks Eugenie Samuel Reich.

Shiv Chopra was axed from his job at Health Canada after speaking out about dangers he saw bovine growth hormone caused in milk. He's been fighting his termination ever since. Shiv talks to Piya...

A pioneering anesthesiologist has been implicated in a massive research fraud that has altered the way millions of patients are treated for pain during and after orthopedic surgeries

When a handful of authors were caught reviewing their own papers, it exposed weaknesses in modern publishing systems. Editors are trying to plug the holes.

Sharyl Attkisson Investigates Vaccine Advocates Taking Funding From The Companies Whose Vaccines They Endorse

In this two part article, a journalist based in Washington DC explores the brewing conflicts at one of the world's leading medical campuses as it joins the wider global debate about how to redefine...