Chest Pains

A 44-year-old man was hospitalized for chest pains Tuesday after he allegedly attempted to flee a Burbank Vons with $864 worth of meat and cleaning supplies stuffed in a shopping cart, police said. The man, Artur Khalatyan of Glendale, had entered...

Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have discovered a combination of two FDA-approved drugs that appears to stop — and possibly reverse — the destructive changes in the brain caused by Alzheimer's disease. By combining...

Q: I have several medications that are well beyond their expiration dates. Does that mean that they won't work — or are dangerous? A: The manufacturer's expiration date on most medications is 2-3 years from when the pills were made. This assumes...

Jamie Feld followed all the pre-pregnancy advice, had a checkup before conceiving and was told she was fit and healthy to carry her first baby. Throughout her pregnancy, the Northbrook resident kept up with all prenatal appointments, and all seemed well...

Over the last year, Fred Lembkie, 62, has had three heart attacks, a failed bypass surgery, two subsequent angioplasty procedures and stents inserted into his arteries. When the Portland, Ore., man finally underwent EECP treatment, a little-known, often...

Sarah Batts minded her diet. She exercised regularly. She made sure her waistline never exceeded 35 inches. She was, in her own estimation, a health nut, and she had reason to be. Both her father and an older sister, who at age 50 had stents placed in...

A 44-year-old man was hospitalized for chest pains Tuesday after he allegedly tried to flee a Burbank Vons with $864 worth of meat and cleaning supplies stuffed in a shopping cart, police said. Artur Khalatyan of Glendale entered Vons on......

The owner of a backyard pool where a 4-year-old boy drowned over the weekend drove into a house and died while on his way to a store to buy a pump to drain the pool, authorities said. Robert V. Miletta, 47, of Joliet died from a heart condition, an...

Former Mayor Richard Riordan was hospitalized overnight earlier this week, the LA Weekly reported Saturday. Riordan told the news organization he had suffered chest pains but checked out "perfectly" during a brief hospital stay for testing....

Hundreds march for domestic violence awareness...

Pasadena police officers made two dozen arrests Saturday at the Rose Bowl, where rivals USC and UCLA played for the Pac-12 Conference South Division title. Officers arrested 18 people on suspicion of being drunk in public, two on suspicion of......

LOS ANGELES -- Former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan, back in the spotlight with a plan to scale back city employee pensions, was hospitalized briefly earlier this week with chest pain, a local news blog reported Saturday. Riordan, 82, who previously had a...