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Graveline s widow, suzanne graveline, provided an account of his final weeks and days along with the official causes of death. Duane doc graveline, scientistastronaut who resigned from. Shayler, authors of the 2007 book nasas scientistastronauts. But blocking cholesterol itself is cause enough for concern. Is it any wonder one of the side effects of statins includes memory loss. Duane graveline, one of the nations scientistastronauts, is the first to resign before making a space flight, reported the associated press in an article published on august 18, 1965. Graveline began his medical odyssey at the famed walter reed army hospital during the time when americas space pioneers were just beginning to study the medical effects of space flight.
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