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Police Investigate After Man Is Shot In Car In McKees Rocks
Police are investigating after a man was shot and wounded while riding in a car in McKees Rocks on Tuesday evening. The shooting took place around 8 p.m. on Amelia Street near the corner of Chartiers Avenue by the Bottom Dollar grocery store.
Medical Frontiers: Liver Disease
Dr. Gerald Pifer is joined by Doctors Jose Oliva and Kusum Tom from the AGH Liver Transplant program.
Unstoppable Superbugs Invading Medical Facilities
KDKA AM’s Larry Richert talks to Dr Andrew Sahud, Chief of Infection Prevention at AGH, about what superbugs are and how they are trying to stop them.
Man Assaults 3 Officers After Car Chase Ends In Crash
A man is accused of leading police on a high-speed chase and assaulting several officers in Sewickley Saturday night.
Aspirin & Women: Young Brains In Old Age?
Will a daily baby aspirin keep the brain young in old age? A study of older Swedish women suggests there may be something to that.
Medical Frontiers: Strokes
This week on Medical Frontiers, Dr. Gerald Pifer and Dr. Ashis Tayal, Allegheny General Hospital stroke neurologist and director of the AGH Stroke Center, talk about strokes.
Sewickley Woman Killed In Crash
Authorities have identified a woman killed in a car crash Sunday morning.
New Study Aims To Determine Relation Between Vitamins & Asthma
Are vitamins and asthma related? Previous studies show that lung function is worse in asthmatic children with a vitamin D deficiency, even when treated with inhaled steroids.
Fall Season Typically A Busy Time For Mold Allergies
This is a bad time of year for 11-year-old Connor Duran. “Really hard to breathe, and run, and move,” Duran, of Robinson, describes. “I usually take my inhaler before practice. Last year at this time, I actually wasn’t able to play football.
Witness Says Victim In Early Morning Shooting Was Getting Mugged
Police are looking for a suspect who shot a man on the North Side early Wednesday morning.
2 Injured In North Side Shooting
Two people were injured in a late Saturday night shooting on the North Side.
Can A Mother’s Depression Affect Her Child’s Height?
Following a representative sample of more than 10,000 children across the U.S. born in 2001, researchers looked at mothers who reported symptoms of depression at nine months and the height and weight of the kids at ages 4 and 5.
Whooping Cough Vaccine Wears Off
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine is raising concerns about that final dose of whooping cough vaccine and just how long it protects children.
Device Aims To Help Congestive Heart Failure Patients
To treat the heart, researchers at Allegheny General Hospital are targeting the brain. Congestive heart failure, or CHF, is like having a broken pump. The body compensates by bombarding the heart with signals to do more. The device slows things down, so the pump can work more efficiently.
Local Doctors Answer Questions About Physicals
Two local doctors joined KDKA-TV’s Dr. Maria Simbra on Twitter to answer your questions about physicals.
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