In the world of medical research and education, there is no substitute for the human body. When physicians are learning surgical procedures or companies are developing medical devices for use…
When making the decision to donate your body to science, there are many organizations you can choose from. It is important to research each organization that you are considering to…
The decision to be a body donor (or an organ donor) is not just a personal decision, but one that forces us to face our own mortality. No one likes…
While registering to be a whole-body donor is an amazing and altruistic choice, your decision doesn’t end there. Some people may not realize that, after your donation has been utilized, MedCure arranges…
Everyone will experience a wound at some point in their life, be it a scrape, a small cut, or a surgical incision. What people once consider to be a life threatening injury…
Source: Adobe StockIn April of 1969, a patient by the name of Haskell Karp was in desperate need of a new heart. Karp, who was suffering from severe heart failure,…
Doris PoulakosOur mom, Doris Poulakos, passed away in August of 2017 at the age of 93. She loved anything purple, reading, sewing, playing board games, and listening to opera!Doris had…
One of the most amazing and impactful medical advancements in the last century was the development of life-saving organ transplant techniques. Over 28,000 people in America receive much needed organ…
The practice of dentistry has a long history, dating back as far as 2600 BC. However, these early methods are virtually unrecognizable as dentistry by our modern standards, and may…
Source: AdobeStockWhile doctors had been experimenting with human blood transfusions since the early 1800s, the practice was largely considered dangerous within the medical community prior to the start of the 20th century.…