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 ...

With Week 13 coming to a close and only one game left for the No. 6 Ducks, it's time to start thinking about the College Football Playoffs. This... Alanah Clemente has had a season hard to beat for ...

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 ...

Last year, it felt like invasion of the body snatchers at the University of Vermont. This year, UVM is once again grateful for all its dead. Rod Parsons, who chairs UVM’s anatomy and neurobiology ...

A: Most people are buried or cremated when they die. But some bodies are donated “to science,” usually for medical research or education. In most cases, whole-body donations must be authorized by the ...

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 ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary "Body Brokers" in the video player above. Every year, an estimated 20,000 people donate their bodies to science for the purpose of medical research and education. But ...

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 ...

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