ROOTSTOWN, Ohio - Cadaveric dissection is usually left to aspiring medical professionals during their studies. But Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) broke that mold and put together a ...

Originally published by The Conversation. Subscribe to their newsletter here. Every year, first-year medical students approach their human cadavers with a mixture of awe and trepidation. They will ...

Daniela Krahe likely will never know the tall gentleman’s name. He was dead when they met, so she didn’t get the chance to ask. She’ll never know where the man grew up or whether he had siblings. She ...

How are donated bodies used to train medical students? At Cambridge University, anatomy is principally taught through practical dissection. Students are provided with instructions in a manual at the ...

It is expected that cadavers used for anatomy practice in medical schools will be shared among schools. Until now, cadavers could only be used by the institution that received the donation. On the ...

In 1956, Alma Merrick Helms announced that she was bound for Stanford University. But she would not be attending classes. Upon learning that there was a "special shortage of women's bodies" for ...

I will never forget stepping into the cadaver lab for the first time. As the doors swung open, a sharp, sour wave of formaldehyde hit me and made my stomach churn. I pulled my thin polyester scrub ...

(TNS) — Looming in the corner of a small classroom at Battle Ground High School is the future of medical education. Reminiscent of the infamous monoliths from "2001: A Space Odyssey," the Anatomage ...

The son of an elderly Bronx woman whose corpse was mistakenly shipped to a medical school for dissection, is urging Gov. Cuomo to sign a bill that would tighten the procedure for handing over ...