Firefighter

The Association of Cancer Care Centers launched a fundraising initiative to support the Firefighter Cancer Support Network.

Over time, reductions in lung function following exposure to World Trade Center dust heighten the risk for all-cause and cancer-cause mortality, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Health System, has launched the Firefighter Cancer Initiative mobile health clinic for the prevention and detection of cancer in the firefighter population.

HONOLULU — Use of short-acting beta agonists and steroids each raised the likelihood for gastroesophageal reflux disease among firefighters exposed to 9/11 particulate matter, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

HONOLULU — World Trade Center firefighters with lung disease showed increases in Bacteroides ovatus after 6 months on a low-calorie Mediterranean diet, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Firefighters who responded to a higher number of fires per year had a significantly greater risk for developing atrial fibrillation than those who responded to fewer fires, according to a recent study.

Firefighters who reported responding to at least 31 fires per year were more than twice as likely to have a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation compared with those who responded to five or fewer fires per year, survey data show.

Reducing excess body fat and adjusting factors of metabolic syndrome can greatly lower the risk for lung disease among World Trade Center first responders, according to data in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Firefighters who have a higher BMI and are older are more likely to have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors, according to a study published in Obesity.

Firefighters may have increased risk for interstitial lung disease and autoimmunity as a result of inhalation exposure over years of service.