1. Middle-Age Heart Risk Factors Shorten Men's Lives - US News and World Report
Smoking, hypertension, high cholesterol cut 10 years of life, study finds

2. Study Pinpoints Risk Factors for Death in Young Stroke Victims - US News and World Report
Many can be modified, treated to improve odds, experts say

3. Newborn jaundice : Causes, incidence, and risk factors  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Bilirubin is a yellow pigment that's created in the body during the normal recycling of old red blood cells. The liver processes bilirubin in the blood so that it can be removed from the body in the stool. Before birth, the placenta - the organ th...• Reviewer: Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc. Previously reviewed by Alan Greene, MD, FAAP, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital; Chief of Future Health, A.D.A.M., Inc., September 2007.

4. Jaundice  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Jaundice is a yellowing of the skin and/or whites of the eyes caused by high levels of bilirubin-a dark yellow-green or orange-red pigment-in the blood.• Author: Margaret Alic PhD