(AP) When medical students have finished their study and practice on cadavers, they often hold a respectful memorial service to honor these bodies donated to science. But the ceremonies at one medical ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. In the 19th century, medical schools were desperate for corpses from which their students could learn. Grave robbers would sell bodies; sometimes, ...

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 ...

A first step into the newly renovated anatomy lab at FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine hits you with bracing cold. It's dark. Then lights turn on, revealing a bright, open space that gives off ...