Reading Broken Bone: How Forensic Experts Reconstruct Skull Fractures
A new review in the International Journal of Legal Medicine maps the morphological variety of skull fractures seen in forensic ...
Tag: forensic pathology
A Five-Color Scale Aims to Replace Outdated Skin Type Labels for People with Skin of Color
A commentary in Dermatology and Therapy argues that a five-color scale, ranging from very light beige to very dark brown, ...
How Forensic Scientists Tell Whether a Burn Happened Before or After Death
A new forensic review finds that classical histology and selected immunohistochemical markers remain the most reliable basis for distinguishing antemortem ...
Man Killed His Wife with a Khukuri, Then Took His Own Life: A Rare Nepalese Case Report
Forensic researchers in Nepal report a rare case of intimate partner homicide-suicide in which a man killed his wife with ...
Autopsy Patterns Reveal How Recreational Drugs Damage the Sudden-Death Heart
A systematic review of eighteen autopsy studies finds cardiac enlargement and myocardial fibrosis are the most frequently reported heart findings ...
Ventricular injury timelines may not fit the heart’s conduction system
A critical review finds that immunohistochemical injury timelines established in ventricular muscle cannot yet be reliably applied to the heart’s ...
Aquaporin-5 in teeth shows promise as a drowning biomarker in rats
In an experimental study of 38 rats, dental aquaporin-5 levels differed between drowning and freshwater-control groups, while cytochrome c showed ...
A Body Encased in Salt: Forensic Scientists Report First Modern Case of Natural Salt Mummification
Forensic pathologists in southern France report the first modern case of a body naturally mummified by a thick crystalline salt ...
The Spleen’s Silent Signal: Forensic Scientists Validate a Long-Suspected Sign of Death by Cold
A prospective Czech autopsy study of 54 hypothermia deaths and 170 controls has statistically validated reactive splenic contraction as a ...
Simple Blood Test Could Reveal When Sepsis Kills, Even After Death
A new meta-analysis finds that procalcitonin measured in postmortem blood identifies sepsis as a cause of death with 91 percent ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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