FAQ: Can I register ahead of time to donate my body? How does the process work?
MedCure accepts pre-registration from anyone over the age of 18. Pre-sign donors do not have to be ill or on hospice care in order to register. In fact, we can…
MedCure Wins Award from Keiser University Students
MedCure is honored to have received the Students’ Choice Award for Spring 2019 Advisory Board from Keiser University. The award comes in recognition of the opportunities MedCure provides for students…
FAQ: Can I Choose Which Research Study I Want My Donation to Benefit?
From the study of diseases to developing less invasive surgical techniques, medical researchers rely on whole body donation to push medicine forward. The resulting advances lead to improved medical care…
Memorializing Our Donors
MedCure donors are our heroes. Their generous gifts make possible the vital and groundbreaking research that keeps the practice of medicine moving forward. They help to educate surgeons and other…
Project My Heart Your Heart Pacemaker Recycling
Human beings are, by nature, capable of extraordinary acts of generosity. Every year, thousands of people in the US alone donate not just money, but pieces of themselves. They do…
Legislating Whole Body Donation
Organ donation in the United States operates under a strictly controlled system with federal rules and oversight, but body donation remains largely ignored by legislators. There are no national laws…
FAQ: How Are Organ Donation and Body Donation Different?
Q: What's the difference between donating my organs and donating my body? Anatomical donations fall broadly into two categories: organ donation or body donation. Organ donation is the one we…
Memorial Day’s Fleet of Flowers at Depoe Bay
If you happened to find yourself on the mid-Oregon coast on Monday, May 27th, you might have witnessed something extraordinary. A small fleet of boats laden with colorful greenery sailed…
As Body Donations Increase, So Does The Need for Donors
Just as rates of Americans choosing cremation over burial have risen from only 5% in the 1970s to more than 50% in 2018, more and more people today continue to…
FAQ – Can My Family Still Hold a Funeral?
Q: If I donate my body through MedCure, can my family still hold a funeral for me? Unfortunately, a traditional viewing isn’t possible with whole body donation. The demands of…