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During the five-hour procedure, an Allegheny plastic surgeon detached a latissimus dorsi--a broad muscle that plays a nonessential role in controlling arm motion--from its connection points along the spine. Magovern slipped it into the chest cavity with the muscle's nerve system and major blood supply intact, then wrapped it around Jones' heart like a towel. After a week's recovery time, he began stimulating the transplanted skeletal muscle with a pacemaker, causing it to contract and help pump blood. Less than a year later, Jones reports that she can walk a mile or two without difficulty...
...Heart muscle works continuously, using oxygen at a steady rate. It never tires. Skeletal muscle is designed for short bursts of intense effort and fatigues easily. Ten years ago, while operating on a patient whose pacemaker had slipped out of place, Magovern made a chance observation. The patient's chest muscle, stimulated by the misplaced device, had doubled in size and showed no signs of fatigue. Other researchers independently proved that skeletal muscles actually come to resemble their cardiac counterparts when electrically conditioned...
...Larry Makinson to trace campaign contributions given to local officials. They uncovered a nest of questionable schemes, including one to funnel 20 seemingly independent $1,000 contributions to a single state senator in one day. "Without the computer," says Makinson, "this information would have remained buried like a treasure chest at the bottom...
Another attraction is the program's minimal cost. Tuition for eight credits, or two courses, is only $200. The summer program is subsidized by a $25,000 grant from the Ukrainian Studies Fund, a multi-million-dollar community chest for higher education...
...course, to be honest, that was probably the only thing wrong with Running Scared, and I certainly don't mean to be picky, but I did want to get that off my chest. Now, onto the real review...