Alyse Gray
When is a Hospital Autopsy Needed?
Say Grandma is 85 and has a long-standing history of heart disease. One night she collapses suddenly and is rushed to the hospital, where...
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Alyse Gray
- Dec 29, 2021
- 3 min
Nurses, Pathology Isn't Mad @You
Nurse: "Hi I'm calling about the unlabeled specimen." Me: "Oh, yes, we need someone to come label it before we can process it." Nurse:...
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Alyse Gray
- Aug 14, 2021
- 2 min
Researcher No More
For the past two and a half years I've been watching fellow human beings die from cancer, a disease that kills more people annually than...
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Alyse Gray
- Jan 16, 2021
- 3 min
The Forgotten Medical Museum
Beneath the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore lies the Anatomical Services Division, the department responsible for...
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Alyse Gray
- Dec 20, 2020
- 1 min
Postmortem Professions: A Career Guide released as a free ebook
I've decided to release what once was the core of my book "Death, It's A Living: A Guide to Postmortem Professions" as a free ebook. I'm...
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Alyse Gray
- Dec 4, 2020
- 1 min
The History of Death Professions
At the suggestion of my brilliant agent, "Death, It's A Living: A Guide to Postmortem Professions" is changing course a little bit and...
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Alyse Gray
- Oct 6, 2020
- 5 min
Plague Month 6: Mushroom hunting
It's been nearly 3 months since Compendium Pandemica was released. The book is now also available online through the library via a thing...
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Alyse Gray
- Aug 16, 2020
- 4 min
Plague Month 5: Compendium Pandemica: A Guide to Horrible Infectious Diseases
IT'S HERE!!!! The book baby is now available on Amazon! Here's a synopsis: "In this fascinating collection of dark medical history,...
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Alyse Gray
- Jul 11, 2020
- 3 min
The Joys of Online Pathology Education
Coronavirus rapidly changed the way we do medical education. The internet became the source for conferences, lectures, and courses that...
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Alyse Gray
- Jun 29, 2020
- 2 min
Plague Month 4: The Emotional Toll of Assembling an Advanced Reading Team
I recent got on Bookstagram, the so-called corner of Instagram for readers. At first it was really exciting looking at all the beautiful,...
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Alyse Gray
- Jun 14, 2020
- 1 min
Plague Journal, Months 2-3: Loss, Grief and a New Book
Months 2-3 of lockdown have seen increasing unrest in both the world and my mind. In late May a close friend died from coronavirus....
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Alyse Gray
- Apr 18, 2020
- 3 min
Plague Journal, Month 1: Crushing It
I never thought I'd get to work from home. Normally, I'm a lab rat, but a unique set of circumstances involving a massive research data...
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Alyse Gray
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
People are Throwing Gloves on the Ground Everywhere and It's Disgusting
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic hospitals around the globe are experiencing shortages of personal protective equipment, and are conserving...
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Alyse Gray
- Mar 22, 2020
- 3 min
How Death Care Workers are Handling COVID-19
As the death toll from COVID-19 rises in the United States, coroners, medical examiners, autopsy personnel, funeral directors, and other...
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Alyse Gray
- Feb 6, 2020
- 4 min
When a Genetic Test Result is Positive
On my birthday I received a text from one of my relatives. But it wasn’t to wish me a happy birthday. It was along the lines of, “I’ve...
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Alyse Gray
- Dec 7, 2019
- 2 min
Dying, it's a Living
I've worked in cancer research for a year now. Seven of my patients have died. I wept for all of them. These are people I've gotten to...
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Alyse Gray
- Oct 20, 2019
- 13 min
Life at the OCME: an excerpt from a draft of Death, It's a Living
Stryker Bone saw-used to open people's skulls at autopsy The book is taking a new turn as I redo my proposal. Initially, the book was to...
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Alyse Gray
- Oct 6, 2019
- 1 min
Setbacks and Progress
Publishing is an interesting popularity contest. Death, It's a Living has had a number of rejections. Publishers are not convinced that...
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Alyse Gray
- Aug 30, 2019
- 6 min
7 Things That Helped My Mother Survive a Deadly Blood Cancer
My mother was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) at age 66, just a month after retiring. At first she just thought it was a bad...
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Alyse Gray
- Aug 17, 2019
- 1 min
10 Common Myths About Dead Bodies That May Make You Squirm
There are a lot of misconceptions surrounding death and dead bodies. In this article for Thought Catalog, I dispel a few of the more...
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