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Health-care costs to rise in '09  Get ready to add ''health care'' to the list of things that probably will cost you more next year. A national survey released Wednesday reveals that 40 percent of companies say they're ''very likely'' or ''somewhat likely'' to increase the amount employees pay for their health insurance in 2009.

Patterson wants county to be player in medical care  Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson today announced a major campaign to make the county a world-recognized destination for medical care and health care industry jobs.

Protesters target health care  Providers of medical insurance are more concerned about dollars than people, claims a coalition of labor and other organizations that wants the federal government to take a bigger role in health care financing.

Ex-surgeon general: Attitude change needed for health care  The United States has the best doctors, the best nurses, the best hospitals, cutting edge technology and medical research, but the country must undergo an ��attitudinal change�� if it wants to deliver quality, preventive health care to its residents, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders said Wednesday.

Kadlec Medical Center Makes Patient Care More Efficient, Safe  RICHLAND -- Kadlec Medical Center in Richland is using a new, electronic system to better take care of its patients. Instead of writing patients' information and medical orders by hand, it's now typed electronically on laptops and desktops.

Siteman Cancer Center to open 24/7 cancer care clinic  The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine will open a 24/7 cancer care clinic to give cancer patients an alternative to emergency rooms, where they expose their weakened immune systems to patients with infectious diseases.

New Hanover Regional to open pediatric intensive care unit  New Hanover Regional Medical Center's first pediatric intensive care unit, or PICU, is set to open in two months with six licensed beds in the new Betty H. Cameron Women's and Children's Hospital.

QF��s Sidra a shot in the arm for regional health care system  By Bonnie James QATAR Foundation��s upcoming $7.9bn Sidra Medical and Research Center, described as the Middle East��s first North American style facility of its kind, will offer scholarships to promote careers in health care.

Newborn /baby care class set for Mondays in October  Citizens Medical Center is offering newborn/baby care classes the first Monday of each month. The first class is from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 6, at Citizens Medical Center Women��s Pavilion, 2701 Hospital Drive.

Universal Health Care Supporters Rally  ELMIRA -- Advocates for universal health care are asking New York lawmakers in Washington, "Whose side are you on?" The group Citizen Action of New York held a rally in front of the Excellus Blue Cross-Blue Shield office in Elmira Wednesday.

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