Despite powerful new drugs, fully 64% of American adults have high cholesterol or other risk factors, up from 58% in 1991.

FORBES: Attacking Heart Attacks

But heart attacks can strike even those without traditional risk factors such as high cholesterol levels, suggesting that high viscosity is a possible cause.

FORBES: The Plot Thickens

The second group included Goldman Sachs, Societe Generale, Barclays, Credit Agricole, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and UBS. Moody's said these firms had varying risk factors, from high dependence on capital markets operations to limited liquidity and exposure to Europe.

CNN: Explainer: The power of credit rating agencies

If the FDA adopts the panel's recommendation -- the agency isn't required to do so, but typically does in such cases -- it would mark the first time that a statin was approved for heart-disease-free people with healthy cholesterol levels but other risk factors, including high levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation.

CNN: FDA considers statin use for those with normal cholesterol

One surprising result of the new study was what factors were predictors of high-risk impact.

CNN: Experts: Parents' deployment puts kids at high risk for problems

Individuals with high triglyceride levels should undergo further assessment of other cardiovascular risk factors, such as obesity, hypertension, abnormal glucose metabolism, and liver dysfunction.

FORBES: More Evidence That Omega-3 Supplements Don't Work

Instead, the authors point to high rates of obesity, tobacco use, and other preventable risk factors for an early death as the leading drivers of the gap between the US and other nations.

FORBES: Bernie Saunders' Report: Is Poverty a Death Sentence?

After controlling for other factors which might influence heart disease risk, they found that high levels of distress at age seven were associated with a 31% increased risk of cardiovascular disease in middle-aged women.

BBC: Unhappy childhood linked to heart risk in later life

It requires focusing on students, from middle school through high school, who face factors at home, in the neighborhood, or in school that put them at risk of dropping out.

WHITEHOUSE: Helping America Become a ��Grad Nation��

We now assess the risk factors for fighting and winning the 1st Major Theater War as moderate and for the 2nd MTW as high.

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