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Cancer rate 15% higher than normal for 9/11 responders: study
Cancer among 9/11 responders is 15% higher than among people not exposed to the Ground Zero toxins, a study by Mount Sinai Hospital’s World Trade Center Health Program has found. The increase was seen primarily in three types of the disease, thyroid, prostate and blood cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/9-11-responders-higher-cancer-rate-study-article-1.1324613#ixzz2RLnsj7vg

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Wed
Charity Spotlight: FealGood Foundation
“Never Forget” is an easy thing to stick on the back of your car or throw up as a status on social media once a year. And although the people who do this certainly MEAN well, it often equates to an empty symbol of support of our heroes who died and survived the terrorist attacks [...]

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Health care rules for 9/11 responders nearly finalized
Responders to the Sept. 11 attacks outside of New York will soon have access to medical care under the World Trade Center Health Program, more than a decade after hijacked planes crashed down into the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has completed review of long-awaited eligibility [...]

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9/11 hero health crisis
A 9/11 responder who raced to Ground Zero to search for survivors is now in a race to survive a life-threatening kidney disease. Rich Volpe, an NYPD narcotics detective, heard the news about the World Trade Center attacks while off duty near his Westchester County home and made a beeline for the disaster site, arriving minutes [...]