3 Topic Commentaries

Cognitive decline emerges as next front in 9/11 care

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  Sean Clouston, PhD

  Epidemiology (cognitive aging/neuroepidemiology)

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  Stony Brook University

  “One of the most concerning aspects of our findings is that we found a significant portion of responders have new onset cognitive impairment when many of them were cognitively normal within just the past few years,”

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  Benjamin Luft, MD

  Internal medicine; occupational/environmental health

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  Stony Brook University

  “This study underlies the increasingly apparent evidence that PTSD is not merely a psychological condition but also can have significant pathological effects on the brain and body,”

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  Laura A. Rabin, PhD

  Clinical neuropsychology; preclinical dementia assessment

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  CUNY Graduate Center and Brooklyn College (CUNY)

  “Of course, PTSD and depression are known ‘risk factors for cognitive dysfunction’ in many ‘trauma-exposed populations, including ‘military veterans, natural disaster survivors, and trauma-exposed women,’”

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