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Calexico police are looking for a hit-and-run driver suspected of striking a woman down unconscious Thursday after she had dropped off her daughter at school, an officer said. The 39-year-old woman was returning home less than a block away from Kennedy...

A 20-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man were shot in a fast-food parking lot in the 9300 block of Rainier Avenue South Tuesday night, police said. Both were in serious condition. The woman suffered a gunshot to the chest and was found slumped over...

A 39-year-old woman recently went to Meritus Medical Center for chest pains and suffered a massive heart attack, hospital officials said at the hospital’s annual Tree of Lights ceremony Sunday evening. The woman did not have insurance for her...

The holidays are a time for parties and family, but did you also know they're a time for heart attacks? "We certainly see a fair amount of heart attacks on Christmas day," said LewisGale Physician Assistant Matt Bowles. It's partly because people are...

Eight weeks ago, 78-year-old Norman Luttman of Onaway said he felt weak and out of gas. He was having trouble with his left eye, and went in to have a physical. Luttman has suffered from a heart murmur for years without problems, but his doctor didn&...

Researchers working to discover why African Americans disproportionately suffer from asthma are planning to map the genetic code of 1,000 people of African descent in four years. The Johns Hopkins-led team of experts in genetics, immunology, epidemiology...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KTLA) -- Police are on the hunt for two suspects in a Tuesday evening shooting that wounded a 16-year-old boy. Santa Monica police dispatchers received reports of the shooting about 3:25 p.m. near the intersection of Pico...

Smokers can get a big discount on a potentially life-saving test through a pilot program designed to detect lung cancer sooner. The screening program at MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando is based on recent findings that CT scans can detect lung cancer...

A Chinese girl who suffered severe burn injuries will receive reconstruction treatment in Los Angeles....

A 9-year-old girl who was abandoned on a Chinese street as a toddler with severe burn injuries arrived in Los Angeles Friday evening to meet her new adoptive family and receive treatment from the Grossman Burn Foundation....

Prince Philip is hospitalized. Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, had chest pains during the royal family Christmas celebration, the largest such celebration in years....

Prince Philip, 90-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, is recovering from surgery to correct a blocked coronary artery. Prince Philip is resting at Sandringham estate in North England, where bedside visitors include Princes Charles, Andrew and Edward.....