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A review of the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study showed that the likelihood of coronary heart disease was significantly higher among people with blood types A, B and AB compared with those with type O. Rh factor was not associated with any difference in cardiovascular risk
(http://www.smartbrief.com/news/ahip/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=6B380F66-F6EC-427D-A5D4-E9F694EDB434&copyid=B81BBF98-5F7F-4C55-8E30-02209B42FB59&sid=ef128aed%2dbf15%2d4049%2d85c5%2de984f6aeb71c&brief=ahip)

Since the vaccine against chickenpox became available in the United States, the country is seeing a lot less of the disease.  Between 2000 and 2010, the incidence of chickenpox declined nearly 80 percent, from 43 cases per 100,000 people, to nine cases per 100,000 people, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

(http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/2970-chickenpox-cases-drop-80-in-last-decade.html)

Only 31% of TX doctors now accept Medicaid patients because the reimbursements are too low. ("'You lose money' - small clinics leaving Medicaid System", Mark Haslett, Amarillo Globe-News, August 12, 2012)