Embalming is not always necessary. It is performed mainly to keep the body ready for viewing, funerals, or long-distance transport. However, in most places, it is not legally required and depends on ...

Embalming, the process of preserving a dead body, is becoming a more common practice in Japan. The procedure uses a combination of disinfection, preservation and cosmetic restoration, offering ...

It is not easy for grieving parents to come to terms with the loss of their child. And in the case of officer Mario Lombardo from Palermo in the Sicilian province of Italy, the death of his ...

PROFESSIONAL EMBALMERS and funeral undertakers have urged the Government to introduce a national licensing system for funeral practice and embalming, after a report sharply criticised embalming ...

The Channel 5 documentary Body Donors shows the stomach-churning moment a body donor is filled with embalming fluid. Terminally ill Mike Bowyer donates his body to science and after his life is cut ...

Farmer Walter Williams was mistakenly pronounced dead and about to be embalmed when he woke up inside a body bag at a funeral ...

TOKYO (Japan News/ANN) -- Embalming the deceased is increasingly common in Japan, and experts say far more trained professionals are needed. The procedure uses a combination of disinfection, ...