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NEW YORK (AP) -- More than 1,600 people who filed lawsuits claiming that their health was ruined by dust and smoke from the collapsed World Trade Center must decide by Jan. 2 whether to keep fighting in court, or drop the litigation and apply for benefits from a government compensation fund....

(MedPage Today) -- Metabolic syndrome biomarkers seen soon after exposure to dust from the World Trade Center collapse predicted later decline in lung function, according to a nested case-control study of New York City rescue workers.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Two major medical studies have failed to find significant increases in deaths or cancer among people exposed to dust from the World Trade Center....

Nationwide stress caused by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center may have led to an increase in miscarriages of male foetuses, US researchers say.

SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- The prevalence of asthma among those who responded to the World Trade Center on 9/11 is about twice that found in the general population, researchers found.