Community-led ecotourism protects rebounding wild cattle in Thailand

The critically endangered banteng is making a comeback in Thailand’s Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, and has become a unique community-led conservation icon, reports Mongabay’s Carolyn Cowan. Thailand’s population of banteng (Bos javanicus), one of the world’s rarest wild cattle species, was once reduced to just a few hundred individualsContinue Reading

Iron Overload: The Silent Bone Breaker

TOPLINE: Patients with serum ferritin levels higher than 1000 μg/L show a 91% increased risk for any fracture, with a doubled risk for vertebral and humerus fractures compared with those without iron overload. METHODOLOGY: Iron overload’s association with decreased bone mineral density is established, but its relationship to osteoporotic fractureContinue Reading