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    Firefighters know they will live alongside grave danger when they sign up for the job, but it is not just the fire that could hurt them: One in three firefighters gets cancer in the line of duty, and there’s a new initiative to help preserve the wellbeing of those who work to preserve ours. Carcinogenic […]

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    Find new resources, tools, prevention techniques and critical patient support services that can help protect fire fighters from cancer. Learn more.

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    • Fire fighters are routinely exposed to toxic fumes and chemical substances when responding to fires. Learn how to do more to keep #firefighters safe from cancer. https://t.co/ms4jEvmS7X @IAFFNewsDesk https://t.co/7AuVBUgizt

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    Comilla Sasson, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA, vice president for science & innovation for emergency cardiovascular care at the American Heart Association, a practicing emergency room physician and vice chair of the writing group for the Association’s 2021 Presidential Advisory “Opioid Use and Its Relationship to Cardiovascular Disease and Brain Health.” She is offering perspective on American Heart…

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    • Hear perspective from Comilla Sasson, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA, @comilla_s on recent #AHA21 science on #firefighters and #hypertension https://t.co/Nqy0gwSjHS