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Title: World Trade Center (WTC) Health Studies and Information on Health Services

URL: https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/investigations/wtc/health_studies/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Web page, titled "World Trade Center (WTC) Health Studies and Information on Health Services," prepared by the New York State Department of Health. The site contains links to the department's studies of health risks among individuals exposed to the debris from the World Trade Center, health and compensation program sites, federal studies, and other resources.

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Title: The Impact of 9/11 on New York City’s Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: A Study of Patients and Administrators

URL: http://cretscmhd.psych.ucla.edu/nola/Video/MHR/CSAT/lessons/TheImpactOf911OnNYCsSaTreatment.pdf

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Study report, titled "The Impact of 9/11 on New York City’s Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: A Study of Patients and Administrators," by Tracey Dewart, Blanche Frank, James Schmeidler, et al and published October 2003. The study covers the impact of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City’s drug abuse treatment programs and their patients. The study was originally conducted by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) from December 2002 to April 2003.

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Title: September 11 Children: Heart Health Risks

URL: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/children-who-survived-september-11-attacks-may-face-heart-risks/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: News article, titled "Children Who Survived September 11 Attacks May Face Heart Risks," by Gillian Mohney and published on the Healthline website on September 11, 2017. It reports on a recent study's findings that children exposed to the toxic dust from the collapse of the World Trade Center have high levels of chemicals called perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These chemicals are known to impact cardiac health, so more work must be done to monitor the subjects' health and mitigate the long-term health impacts.

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Title: New Research: The Long-term Physical-Psychiatric Effects of Childhood Trauma

URL: https://www.psychiatry.org/newsroom/news-releases/new-research-the-long-term-physical-psychiatric-effects-of-childhood-trauma/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Press release, titled "New Research: The Long-term Physical-Psychiatric Effects of Childhood Trauma," published by the American Psychiatric Association on May 19, 2019. It reports on research results, presented at the APA's Annual Meeting, from a study involving more than 1,000 people exposed to the September 11, 2001 attacks as children. The press release summarizes the findings regarding the presence of physical health conditions, psychiatric disorders, or both in research subjects who experienced childhood trauma.

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Title: NIH Grant Supports First Cognitive Monitoring Study of WTC Responders

URL: https://news.stonybrook.edu/homespotlight/nih-grant-supports-first-cognitive-monitoring-study-of-wtc-responders/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Article, titled "NIH Grant Supports First Cognitive Monitoring Study of WTC Responders," created by Stony Brook University, published on October 15, 2020. The article discusses a study led by Stony Brook University looking for physical evidence of brain abnormalities in WTC responders by analyzing biomarkers consistent with cognitive diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

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Title: Mayor Bloomberg Releases Third Annual Report On 9/11 Health | City of New York

URL: https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/387-10/mayor-bloomberg-releases-third-annual-report-9-11-health/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Press release, titled "Mayor Bloomberg Releases Third Annual Report on 9/11 Health," published by the Office of the Mayor of New York on September 13, 2011. It reports on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg releasing the 2010 Annual Report on 9/11 Health, which is a comprehensive review of the latest research on the health impacts of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The press release summarizes the report and its recommendations; it also references the James L. Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act being considered by Congress to fund medical benefits for first responders and other survivors. A link to a PDF of the report is included.

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Title: How the pain of 9/11 still stays with a generation

URL: https://theconversation.com/how-the-pain-of-9-11-still-stays-with-a-generation-64725/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: News article, titled "How the pain of 9/11 still stays with a generation," by Dana Rose Garfin and published on The Conversation website on September 9, 2016. It reports on the concept of "collective trauma" and the ongoing psychological impacts of the September 11, 2001 attacks on people who were small children at the time.

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Title: Heart health research of 9/11 survivors slowly realized, 17 years later | American Heart Association

URL: https://www.heart.org/en/news/2018/09/04/heart-health-research-of-911-survivors-slowly-realized-17-years-later/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: News article, titled "Heart health research of 9/11 survivors slowly realized, 17 years later," published by American Heart Association News on September 5, 2018. It reports on recently reported evidence linking the toxic dust from the collapse of the World Trade Center to various cardiovascular health issues impacting first responders and survivors of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Prior to this, most reporting on 9/11 health issues focused on respiratory ailments and cancers.

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Title: Health Effects from the Collapse of the World Trade Center | NLM

URL: https://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/wtc-hazards/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Web page, titled "Health Effects from the Collapse of the World Trade Center," prepared by the Disaster Information Management Research Center. The site contains links to federal disaster studies, health reports, health program sites, environmental analyses, bibliographies, and other resources.

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Title: FDNY Rescue Workers Show Lasting Lung Damage From 9/11 World Trade Center Dust | Albert Einstein College of Medicine

URL: http://www.einstein.yu.edu/news/releases/477/fdny-rescue-workers-show-lasting-lung-damage-from-9-11-world-trade-center-dust/

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Press release, titled "FDNY Rescue Workers Show Lasting Lung Damage From 9/11 World Trade Center Dust," published by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine on April 7, 2010. It reveals the results of a health study of nearly 13,000 fire department rescue workers: those that suffered acute lung damage after exposure to the "toxic dust" created by the collapse of the twin towers have not recovered normal lung function since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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Title: Cancer Incidence in World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers, 2001–2008 | Environmental Health Perspectives | Vol. 121, No. 6

URL: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.1205894

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Research report, titled "Cancer Incidence in World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers, 2001-2008," by Samara Solan, Sylvan Wallenstein, Moshe Shapiro, et al, published in the Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) monthly journal on June 1, 2013. EHP is supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The report documents the results of an investigation evaluating incidence of cancer in responders enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program.

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Title: A Decade of Concern: Assessing the Health Impacts of 9/11 | Center for Health Journalism

URL: https://www.centerforhealthjournalism.org/blogs/2011/09/06/decade-concern-assessing-health-impacts-911

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: Blog post, titled "A Decade of Concern: Assessing the Health Impacts of 9/11," posted by Barbara Feder Ostrov on September 6, 2011. The post highlights health studies and media coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks as the tenth anniversary was approaching. It references the then-recent passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which aimed to provide first responders with medical care.

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Title: 9/11 World Trade Center exposure linked to heart disease among NYC firefighters

URL: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-09-world-center-exposure-linked-heart.html

Collection: September 11: Health Effects and Policy web archive

Description: News article, titled "9/11 World Trade Center exposure linked to heart disease among NYC firefighters," by Albert Einstein College of Medicine and published by Medical Xpress on September 6, 2019. It reports on the study report "Long-term Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Firefighters After the World Trade Center Disaster," by Hillel W. Cohen, Rachel Zeig-Owens, Cynthia Joe, et al, and published by JAMA Network. This study found that incidents of cardiovascular disease were higher among firefighters with significant exposure to the World Trade Center during or after its collapse.

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