Weighing just 90 pounds, the 90-year-old female on the table has a long medical history, including multiple broken bones, cataract removal and a hysterectomy, as well as the metastasizing kidney ...

Small talk at an exercise class led one reporter to explore why fitness professionals are seeking out cadaver workshops. By Danielle Friedman Danielle Friedman is a freelance journalist and a regular ...

Step into RIT’s Anatomical Studies Lab and experience anatomy in its most authentic form. Formerly called the Cadaver Lab, the Anatomical Studies Lab is designed to give undergraduate students a rare, ...

Cadavers have been used in medical training for centuries, and dissections are a rite of passage for first-year students in medical school. Traditionally, the cadavers being dissected were real human ...

Dakota State University plans to open its first cadaver lab to biology students this fall, with a new course on human gross anatomy and cadaver dissection. In DSU’s six-year biology program review, ...

Every Friday afternoon, 60 students cram into three laboratory spaces. Those labs have a distinct smell: ethanol and other chemicals, preserving four human cadavers. More than half of the 60 students ...

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 ...

Before starting her first dissection, Katie Hopkins took the time to observe every feature of the hand she was about to work on. Realizing that she would be the last person to see the donor’s ...