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Clinton Heads To Kenya As Africa Visit Begins
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton kicked off a seven country, 11-day trip - "her longest overseas journey to date as the top U.S. diplomat - by flying Monday night to Kenya where she will address an African trade and development forum, meet top Kenyan officials and see the beleaguered president of lawless Somalia"s interim government," the Associated Press reports. During the trip, Clinton is expected to "underscore the importance of efforts to combat HIV/AIDS and pledge continuing U.S. backing for health care initiatives in Africa," the AP writes (Lee, 8/3).
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AltheaDx Receives CLIA Certification
AltheaDx, a world leader in the development of companion diagnostics and biopharma services, announced that they have successfully passed the State of California survey for CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) certification. AltheaDx is offering high-quality patient and biopharma molecular testing services from their state-of-the-art, GMP, GLP, and now CLIA compliant facility located in the Sorrento Valley, San Diego.
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Abbott Initiates Trial Of Next-Generation XIENCE PRIME(TM) Drug Eluting Stent, Building Upon Superior Outcomes From SPIRIT Family Of Trials
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced the initiation of SPIRIT PRIME, a clinical trial to study the performance of the company"s next-generation XIENCE PRIME(TM) Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System, currently an investigational device, for the treatment of coronary artery disease. Results from SPIRIT PRIME will be used to support the regulatory filing for XIENCE PRIME in the United States. The first patient was enrolled into the SPIRIT PRIME clinical trial at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Okla., by Rajesh Chandwaney, M.D.
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OurParents Launches First Independent, Unbiased Online Service To Match Families Of Aging Parents With Senior Care Providers

Millions of Baby Boomers are struggling to care for their aging parents. Many don"t know where to turn or even what their options are in making important decisions about senior care facilities for their parents. Until now, the only online services in senior care were heavily biased towards providers paying to have business directed to them. Not anymore. Ourparents.com launched this week with unprecedented access to information about more than 65,000 senior care providers in the U.S.. The free service is totally independent and unbiased, providing ratings, price information and powerful online tools including the remarkable Care Options Advisor. The site is unique in that there is no charge to the consumer or the provider. Ourparents.com matches aging parents with senior care solutions unique to their specific needs. "My first-hand experiences with my aging mother showed me how broken the process of finding a senior care solution is," said John McKinley, founder and CEO of OurParents.com. "I saw sites offering limited senior care options in my area, and little information to help me judge which ones might meet my needs. I felt that my mom represented nothing other than a sales lead that was being sold to only a limited set of senior care providers in that website"s network." When it comes to such an important decision as a parent"s long-term care, that bias is fundamentally wrong as a business practice, McKinley said. "With the launch of OurParents.com, we are declaring war on the current business practices of the senior care lead generation industry," he said. Diane Carbo, R.N., a 35-year industry veteran and life care advocate, said that, in her work with families, it has been "frustrating" trying to find a comprehensive independent of senior care providers. "OurParents is the best of senior care options I have seen," said Carbo, owner of Aging Home Health Care in Cliffside Park, NJ. "I was also impressed by the Care Options Advisor tool. The survey was simple to use, and the responses were accurate and easy for a family to understand." OurParents.com


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