Human bodies have been studied and dissected for thousands of years, sometimes to extreme lengths. But what happens if you ...

Working with cadavers in an anatomy lab is often a humbling and monumental moment in a doctor’s career. Students spend hours toiling over dead bodies with gratitude and reverence for the donation that ...

“One of the greatest gifts a person could make is to donate their body for future healthcare professionals to learn from,” Stan Stone, Director of the High Point University Willed Body Program, told ...

When most people think about donating body parts to science or medicine, they might think of life-saving donations of organs, ...

QUESTION: What can you tell me about body donation programs? I’m looking for a free or cheap way to dispose of my body after I die. ANSWER: It’s estimated that each year, at least 20,000 people donate ...

This may be morbid, but — I’m getting married soon and the conversation about wills came up with my partner. I don’t care what happens to my body after I die. I also don’t want to burden the people I ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Bodyworlds Pulse exhibit shows real human bodies preserved in a compelling, up-close look at anatomy. Now, people are signing up to donate their bodies to be part of the ...

Donating your body to medical science means it is used to benefit medical teaching and research. Donor bodies are used to ...

Death is inevitable and often unpredictable. But you still have control about what happens to your body after dying. That’s if you proactively chose–before being dead–to donate your body or parts of ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Many medical institutions in North Carolina are in need of whole body donations to support their medical programs and healthcare ...

Many people speak of wanting to leave a legacy after they die, whether through what they pass on in the form of their children or donating to a charity that they feel can do some good in the world.