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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Millions of people with chest pain enter emergency room limbo, spending up to 24 hours waiting for tests to tell if a heart attack really is brewing or if it's something less dire. A computerized heart scan may start easing the wait, giving doctors a faster picture of clogged arteries to help determine who can go home - within just four hours - and who needs more care. If these souped-up CT scans pan out - and major studies of several thousand chest-pain sufferers are to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal agency that's been front and center in warning the public about tainted spinach and contaminated peanut butter is conducting just half the food safety inspections it did three years ago....

For women who have struggled with the symptoms of menopause but are fearful of taking risky hormone pills, there is at last a bit of hope....

CHICAGO (AP) -- Antioxidant vitamins taken by tens of millions of people around the world won't lead to a longer life, according to an analysis of dozens of studies that adds to evidence questioning the value of the popular supplements. The large review of separate studies on thousands of people found no long-life benefit from vitamins A, E and C and beta carotene and selenium....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even as U.S. health officials decide whether to approve the first bird flu vaccine, Sanofi Aventis SA and others are studying ways of fending off a pandemic with even better shots....