Women who follow strict exercise and diet regimens may harm their body’s ability to form new bone, which can lead to osteoporosis later in life. Researchers recommend that the more women exercise, the more they need to eat to stay healthy.”Thousands of women severely restrict their diet and practice rigorous exercise programs for fitness and weight control,” said Anne Loucks, professor of biological sciences at Ohio University and lead author on the new study. [click link for full article]

Dey, L.P. has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the New Drug Application (NDA) of its marketing partner, Critical Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRTX), for ZYFLO CR® (zileuton) extended-release tablets. ZYFLO CR® offers twice-daily, extended-release dosing. Under a co-promotion agreement executed between the two companies in March 2007, DEY will co-market Critical Therapeutics® ZYFLO CR®. [click link for full article]

New findings show that the majority of people untrained in how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and even many trained emergency personnel, do not push with enough force to properly administer CPR.The research tested 104 adults untrained in CPR and 83 firefighters, trained in the procedure. [click link for full article]

The following highlights recently released journal articles on women’s health issues. Abstinence, American Journal of Sociology: Teenagers who have sexual intercourse for the first time after age 15 are less likely to develop depression or low-self esteem than those ages 15 or younger, according to research published in the Thursday issue of the American Journal of Sociology, [click link for full article]

The majority of doctors in North Carolina do not probe for signs of postpartum depression in new mothers, according to a survey conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Of the 228 physicians responding to the survey who said they had seen women for postpartum visits in the previous three months, 79 percent said they were unlikely to formally screen the patients for depression. [click link for full article]

NPR’s “All Things Considered” on Thursday included a discussion with Cynthia Pearson, director of the National Women’s Health Network, and Carolyn Westhoff, medical director of the Family Planning Center at [click link for full article]

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals (ASX: CXS, NASDAQ: CXSP) has announced the presentation of data from its Quinamed® (amonafide dihydrochloride) phase 1/2a dose-escalation study, designed to identify a genotypically optimised dose of Quinamed in heavily pre-treated patients with a variety of solid tumors. [click link for full article]

ABC’s “World News” on Sunday examined the issue of uninsured children, focusing on families that cannot afford private health insurance but have annual incomes that are too high to qualify for Medicaid. About nine million U.S. children do not have health insurance, which can contribute to delayed medical care or even death, according to “World News. [click link for full article]

Scientists in Indiana are reporting progress toward development of low glycemic and slowly digestible starch, a form of starch that would be less apt to cause the spike in blood sugar - and perhaps sharp hunger pangs - that many individuals experience after eating bread, baked goods, and other high-carbohydrate foods.In a study in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly journal, Bruce R. [click link for full article]

The data presented were gathered from a multicenter Phase II study of enzastaurin as a second- or third-line treatment of NSCLC (ASCO Abstract #7543 ). The rationale for the study was based on en-zastaurin’s unique mechanism of action as a serine/threonine kinase inhibitor, which is believed to suppress signaling through the PKC-B and PI3K/AKT pathways. [click link for full article]