Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, have gained fresh insights into the mechanisms by which prostate cancer cells spread to the...

Most patients with vitamin D deficiency were found to have a history of fragile bones that exposed them to the risk of osteopororis, according to a study.

The state on Thursday revoked the licenses of a crematorium accused of inappropriately disposing of human remains.The Mississippi Board of Funeral Service pulled the licenses of crematory owner Mark Seepe for failing to provide documents,...

A crematorium ordered to shut down over allegations its owner mishandled human remains can reopen under state supervision pending a licensing hearing, a judge ruled Wednesday.Seepe Funeral Home and Crematorium was shut down last week over claims...

Families that took their late loved ones to a crematorium now suspected of mishandling human remains crowded a public meeting Thursday, by turns scolding and supporting the facility’s owner.Sharon Ward of Jackson held a small white box and...

Excavators have unearthed what are believed to be some of the oldest prehistoric bones discovered in a cave in Wisconsin, according to a University of Wisconsin-Green Bay professor.The bones have been dated to between 5,600 and 5,800 years old,...

State investigators sifted through a trash bin Friday behind a crematorium whose owner is being investigated on allegations of dumping bones and ashes and, in at least one case, returning the wrong remains to grieving relatives.An anthropologist...

They have guys nicknamed Big Papi and Dice-K and Bones. They have a star pitcher who famously danced in his underwear and a left fielder who is such a sublime hitter that he gets away with being loopy.So when the Boston Red Sox, World Series...

Check out this freaky mouse! Well, how many would want to lay their hands on something so skeletish? It’s a complete bone shack comprising of fingers, ribs to a backbone. This is certainly a technology for the dead, maybe you find a ghost...

Too little milk, sunshine and exercise: It’s an anti-bone trifecta. And for some kids, shockingly, it’s leading to rickets, the soft-bone scourge of the 19th century.But cases of full-blown rickets are just the red flag: Bone...