Ind. pilot expected to stay in Fla. hospital
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — An Indiana financial manager suspected of staging his death in a plane crash is expected to remain hospitalized until early next week.
U.S. Marshals say 38-year-old Marcus Schrenker was in stable condition Friday at a Tallahassee hospital, recovering from a suicide attempt.
Once released, Schrenker will be taken to Pensacola for a court appearance on charges intentionally Read the rest of this entry »

Fifty-nine percent of U.S. companies intend to combat rising health-care costs in 2009 by raising workers’ deductibles, copays or out-of-pocket expenses, according to a survey by the Mercer consulting firm.
The survey projects health-care costs will rise on average by 5.7 percent next year for workers and their employers. That’s equal to this year’s increase.
Mercer says 19 percent of employers plan to avoid passing along that Read the rest of this entry »

Associated Press – January 12, 2009 11:04 AM ET
MESA, Ariz. (AP) – Construction is expected to be completed by August on a seven-story children’s hospital that will help serve the growing youth population in Mesa.
Banner Children’s Hospital opened within the confines of Banner Desert Medical Center in 2004. Plans are for the new building to begin offering services by November.
The children’s hospital tower will add 464,000 square feet to Banner Read the rest of this entry »

‘ youngest son, Jayden James, is expected to be released from the hospital on Tuesday, according to a statement posted on the
Monday afternoon (November 10). Jayden was
for an unspecified reaction.
“Jayden James Federline was admitted to the Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center on Sunday, November 9th,” the statement reads. “Doctors concluded he had a reaction to something he ingested. He is expected to be discharged tomorrow.”
Spears Read the rest of this entry »

Almost six out of 10 U.S. companies intend to combat rising health care costs in 2009 by raising workers' deductibles, copays or out-of-pocket expenses, according to a survey by the Mercer consulting firm.
The survey projects health care costs will rise on average by 5.7 percent next year for workers and their employers — equal to this year's increase.
Mercer said 19 percent of employers plan to avoid passing along that large an increase Read the rest of this entry »

) that would extend coverage to about four million additional children and also allow states to extend public health benefits to some immigrant pregnant women, the
reports. Seven million children currently are enrolled in SCHIP, which provides health insurance benefits to children in families with incomes at or near the federal poverty level who do not qualify for Medicaid. The bill would be funded primarily through a 61-cent-per-pack increase in Read the rest of this entry »

ANTIOCH — A 20-year-old man who crashed his car into a tree late Monday remained in serious condition at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek on Tuesday, Antioch police said.
The crash occurred about 11 p.m. along Hillcrest Avenue near Wild Horse Road. The driver, whose name was not released, was the sole occupant of a northbound Honda sedan that swerved off the road for an unknown reason and struck a tree.
Firefighters had to cut the Read the rest of this entry »

GALESBURG, Ill. — Defense attorneys representing a man charged with killing eight people in Illinois and Missouri last summer say an evaluation of his mental fitness will not be ready for a month.
At a hearing in Galesburg, attorney Jeremy Karlin said a doctor has only recently been appointed to evaluate Nicholas Sheley’s (SHEE’-leez) competency. The report was initially due next week.
Sheley faces first-degree murder charges in the June deaths Read the rest of this entry »

November 06, 2008 17:37 EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the long list of appointments President-elect Obama will be making in the coming weeks, some say a new chief for the Food and Drug Administration should be fairly high.
At least a half-dozen names are in circulation from outside critics to former FDA officials.
One senior campaign adviser says the priority for the agency under Obama will be food safety. Neera Tanden says Obama views it as “a Read the rest of this entry »

GALVESTON — Five emergency room doctors lost their jobs Monday at the University of Texas Medical Branch hospital, part of a purge that will downgrade its trauma center status and contribute to an emergency room shortage in the Houston area, emergency room administrators said.
The cuts came as John Sealy Hospital opened its operating rooms, senior care and pediatric operations for the first time since Hurricane Ike struck Sept. 13. The operating Read the rest of this entry »