Latest study adds to growing understanding of potential link between World Trade Center debris and cancer
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9/11 World Trade Center Health Program Will Fund Cancer Care
Survivors of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, as well as the first responders, construction workers and volunteers who helped rescue and recover 9/11 victims and clean up the site, have even more reason to be hopeful today.
Study: 911 Dispatchers Experience PTSD Symptoms Too
It’s not just those on the front lines of disaster or war who are at risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study finds.
How We Cope: What Do Addiction Rates After 9/11 Tell Us?
We may never know the true death toll of 9/11, nor the full extent of the psychological trauma the terrorist attacks caused. But by looking at rates of alcohol and other drug use among those who were directly and indirectly …
Family MattersParenting
How to Talk to Your Kids About 9/11
It can be hard to know how to broach the subject of 9/11 with kids.
Why Our Public Health System Isn’t Ready for Another 9/11
As we look back over the decade since 9/11, perhaps the most pressing question is this: are we ready for another one?
Study Finds Higher Rate of Cancer in 9/11 Firefighters
Firefighters who worked at Ground Zero are 19% more likely to have cancer than those who were not exposed to the site, a new study finds.
The 9/11 Casualties Still to Come
Last January — more than nine years after the Sept. 11 attacks — Osama bin Laden killed Roy Chelsen. Bin Laden never met Chelsen; that’s not the way it is when you do your killing en masse. And he certainly didn’t kill him quickly.
Family MattersParenting
Who Is bin Laden? Kids Born After 9/11 Want to Know
President Obama certainly wasn’t taking the sensibilities of West Coast children into consideration when he made his stunner of a speech Sunday night: Osama bin Laden is dead. It took parents by surprise. We weren’t ready, …
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Timing is critical for stroke victims
When it comes to successfully minimizing physical — and subsequent mental and emotional — damage caused by stroke, timing is of the essence. Yet, according to new research published this week in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association too often patients suffering a stroke or their loved ones may wait too long to call 911
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