Most American adults have some heart disease risk

(U.S. News and World Report) UPDATED 2009-09-14

According to a new study, only 7.5 percent of Americans do not have risk factors for the development of heart disease, a figure that suggests decades of progress against the condition may be on the wane. Read full story >

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