Maybe you were one of the 11.7 million people who watched when, on House M.D., the genius diagnostician Gregory House is roused in the middle of the night by a pounding at the door. A man he just gave ...

Editor's note: The following story includes graphic descriptions of the autopsies of the victims of the Hedingham mass shooting. The Medical Examiner’s Office released the autopsy reports on Tuesday ...

The death of a star casts a long shadow, captivating millions. Yet, beneath the public mourning often lies a far grittier reality. Autopsies, designed to reveal the cause of death, frequently expose ...

The military’s medical examiner retained hundreds of organs removed during autopsies — including people’s brains and hearts — frequently without notifying family members or, in some instances, against ...

Samuel Ashworth’s “The Death and Life of August Sweeney” is a novel concerned with viscera and the flesh. It begins with Sweeney — a gargantuan chef, of considerable appetites — discovering the source ...