The CBS Evening News (9/9, story 9, 2:25, Pelley) reported on some of the health problems experienced by first responders who survived the 9/11 attacks. CBS News’ Dr. Jon LaPook, MD, said, “In a study of more than 800 first responders, more than 12 percent had cognitive impairment.” He added that “responders…with a diagnosis of PTSD with flashbacks were three times as likely to have impairment.”
Meanwhile, the New York Post (9/9, Fears) reported, “The city Health Department released on Friday new findings from the World Trade Center Health Registry that illustrate the long-term physical and mental effects that 9/11 survivors and recovery workers are suffering.”
Related Links:
— “9/11 survivors continue battling long-term health effects,” Danika Fears, New York Post, September 9, 2016.