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...several high-profile cases, including the second autopsy of Anna Nicole Smith's son Daniel, says that in the case of a potential drug overdose, the body of the deceased would not be needed for examination once fluid or tissue samples were obtained. Often, the coroner will keep the brain to conduct neuropathology tests, which can't happen until about two weeks after death, when the brain hardens, says Wecht. It's also likely that the coroner is conducting further tests on the superstar's heart, he adds. (See TIME's top 10 Michael Jackson moments...
...family. They can bury him and then bury the brain and heart later on," he says. "But it's rare for the body to be held back for two weeks...
DIED When he won his record-breaking 13th Division I title in men's swimming, Auburn University coach Richard Quick, 66, was in the final stages of his battle with brain cancer. In a career that spanned four decades, Quick also coached six U.S. Olympic teams...
...squiggly worms, totally uncoordinated, disorganized, with no effective pumping." In a normal heart, the pumping chambers beat 70 times a minute or so, while an organ in cardiac arrest can spasm anywhere from 400 to 600 times per minute. Unless a regular rhythm can be restored, brain death and ultimately death can result...
...known what measures the emergency workers took to save Jackson, but if they had determined that he suffered from cardiac arrest triggered by an overdose of narcotics, they would have likely used a shot of naloxone, a drug that counteracts opioid overdose, to get the brain back online and the heart beating again, says Connie Meyer, an EMS captain in Johnson County, Kans. In cases where it's not clear whether narcotics are involved - cardiac arrest may be caused by a wide range of factors, including stress - some EMTs will use epinephrine, a shot of adrenaline that jump-starts...