Several years ago, I stood at my stainless steel autopsy table staring at a tiny bundle swaddled in white cotton. I had never performed an autopsy on a baby before. Medical records indicated the ...

An autopsy, also known as necropsy, post-mortem examination, or autopsia cadaverum is a highly specialized surgical procedure, performed by a medical doctor called a pathologist. It includes a ...

New Mexico is the only state using virtual autopsies to help solve crimes, meaning medical examiners are ditching the scalpel and turning to computers to find out how someone died.Science is coming ...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Americans are getting fatter. So are dead Americans. And if your beefy body passes through this particular medical examiner's office on the way to the grave, rest assured. They have an ...

According to the autopsy report, Hania's body was found lying in a wooded area in water. The body had a "broken plastic table on top and black tire on top of table." The teen was naked when she was ...