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Indian Council of Medical Research Will Implement UN Standards On Clinical Trials

May 23, 2017 Loknath Dasclinical, Council, Implement, Indian, medical, of, On, Research, standards, trials, UN, Will

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) along with some of the leading healthcare bodies and other trusts has decided to adopt UN health agency’s recommendations to register and publicly disclose results of all clinical trials they fund or support. The participating bodies have all agreed to develop and implement policies within the next 12 months that require all trials they fund, co-fund, sponsor or support to be registered in a publicly-available registry. They also agreed that all results would be disclosed within specified timeframes on the registry or by…

Many children’s heart health not up to standards

August 12, 2016 Srijita'many, children's, Health, Heart, Not, standards, to, Up

Many children’s heart health not up to standards (Getty Images) Babies are generally born with healthy hearts that should be cared for during childhood to ensure good health later in life, according to the American Heart Association. Yet many U.S. children don’t meet seven basic standards of good heart health, the AHA says in a statement in the journal Circulation. The standards include having a healthy weight in relation to height (body mass index, or BMI), getting enough physical activity, not smoking, following a healthy diet and maintaining healthy cholesterol,…