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Her Surgery Was Supposed To Be Routine. Instead, She Was "Embalmed Alive"
It was supposed to be a simple procedure. Relatives said 28-year-old Ekaterina Fedyaeva had been diagnosed with ovarian cysts - a condition in which fluid-filled sacs attach to the ovaries, then usually disappear on their own. But in some cases, according to the Mayo Clinic, doctors have to remove them.
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France Lifts Ban On Embalming HIV Deceased
France on Thursday lifted a ban on embalming the bodies of HIV-positive people, ending three decades of discrimination in death against people infected with the AIDS virus.
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Live Long And Endure: How China's Mao Zedong Was Preserved
Days after Communist China's founding father Mao Zedong died 40 years ago the problem of what to do with his corpse was becoming increasingly heated -- literally.
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New York woman makes mummies out of dead pets
A woman in New York, reputed to be a "sorceress", has a unique profession. She makes mummies of other people's pets and "helps" them remember their loved ones.P.D. Cagliastro, a resident of Brooklyn, has provided her services to 120 customers, preserving everything from a racing pigeon to cats killed in car accidents.Cagliastro spent 20 years study...
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Her Surgery Was Supposed To Be Routine. Instead, She Was "Embalmed Alive"
It was supposed to be a simple procedure. Relatives said 28-year-old Ekaterina Fedyaeva had been diagnosed with ovarian cysts - a condition in which fluid-filled sacs attach to the ovaries, then usually disappear on their own. But in some cases, according to the Mayo Clinic, doctors have to remove them.
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France Lifts Ban On Embalming HIV Deceased
France on Thursday lifted a ban on embalming the bodies of HIV-positive people, ending three decades of discrimination in death against people infected with the AIDS virus.
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Live Long And Endure: How China's Mao Zedong Was Preserved
Days after Communist China's founding father Mao Zedong died 40 years ago the problem of what to do with his corpse was becoming increasingly heated -- literally.
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New York woman makes mummies out of dead pets
A woman in New York, reputed to be a "sorceress", has a unique profession. She makes mummies of other people's pets and "helps" them remember their loved ones.P.D. Cagliastro, a resident of Brooklyn, has provided her services to 120 customers, preserving everything from a racing pigeon to cats killed in car accidents.Cagliastro spent 20 years study...
