Sometimes it’s unclear how or why a person died. A detailed examination of the body after death, known as an autopsy or postmortem, can help find answers. Despite what you may have seen on TV crime ...

Forensic pathologists can use autopsies to discern someone’s identity, determine the cause and manner of death, and estimate when death occurred. However, not all autopsies yield clear findings. Legal ...

KOCHI: “Doctor, is it possible to avoid performing a postmortem on my child?” It was a heart-wrenching question that a ...

In the not-too-distant future, autopsies might be performed using computerized scanning rather than scalpels if research led by a Swiss forensic pathologist bears fruit. Subscribe to read this story ...