Frozen valves used for transplants
Dr William W Angell, speaking at a professional conference, said human heart valves can be frozen and used for transplants up to a year later. He noted about 25,000 Americans need aortic valve surgery yearly and that frozen valves show living cells five years post surgery, offering advantages over synthetic options.
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Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Public apathy toward school boards highlighted in survey
A Gallup survey for the National School Boards Association shows 63 percent of adults cannot name any school board action from the past year and 67 percent in elected districts do not know how members are chosen. Webb calls boards a barely visible government, with 16,738 boards nationwide and 96,559 members, mostly unpaid. Copies of the report cost $2.50 from the association in Evanston, Illinois.
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Defense
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National School Boards Association
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State National Bank Plaza
Evanston
Ill
Douglas returns to bench amid Deep Throat obscenity case
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, 76, using a high backed chair after a stroke on New Year's Eve, returns to the bench for the Deep Throat obscenity argument. He arrived about 20 minutes before the California case is heard at the start of the session.
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UPI
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Warren E. Burger
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Orange County
Calif
California
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