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“Because of their job, police officers are under a more significant amount of stress compared to the general public. They take that stress home with them at the end of their shift, too,” said Stefanos Kales, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health and senior author of the study.
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Law enforcement officers are used to not just keeping busy but having a purpose; staying mentally and physically active is key, say police retirees.
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Dozens of Sept. 11 first responders were on Capitol Hill Thursday in an effort to extend the Zadroga Act, which provides 9/11 first responders who are sick with federal aid for their health care needs.
Read More →After months of failed negotiations, Los Angeles city officials on Friday struck a tentative agreement with the union representing the city’s police officers, sources close to the deal said.
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On Sept. 11, 2001, 72 officers were killed in the line of duty. But they were not the only law enforcement casualties of 9/11. Today, 13 years after the attacks, officers continue to die from exposure to the toxins that were released by the destruction of the World Trade Center towers.
Read More →Days before the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, elected officials from New York called on Congress to reauthorize federal legislation to compensate first responders who became ill working at ground zero.
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Memphis (Tenn.) Police are reporting that 181 officers have called in sick over the past week, allegedly in response to sweeping benefits cuts.
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Not all heart attacks begin with the sudden, crushing chest pain that often is seen on television or in the movies. In one study, one-third of the patients who had heart attacks felt no chest pain.
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What is certainly true is that the lifestyle of many working law enforcement officers amounts to a recipe for heart disease.
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I do not accept the excuse that you are afraid of needles. Get over it and go get protection from some bad bugs.
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