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Body and Organ Donation

The cheapest way to dispose of a body? Donate it to science.   New York state is home to 16 medical schools, and each of them requires cadavers for use in anatomy classes. Cadavers are poked, prodded and dissected by first-year medical students. Those cadavers...

What is Killing New Yorkers?

What is Killing New Yorkers? New Yorkers, on average, are living longer than ever before – and longer than other American populations. Life expectancy in New York City exceeds 80 years, with the most resourced New Yorkers fending off the Grim Reaper the longest. But...