WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced awards of nearly $335 million to strengthen financial incentives for private forest landowners to manage their forests sustainably and to permanently conserve private forests in partnership with states. The funding was made possible thanks to investments from theContinue Reading

Meta-analysis Probes Rare Potential Vision Risk of GLP-1s

TOPLINE: Patients treated with glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) appear to have a very low incidence of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) when appropriately prescribed for obesity or diabetes.  METHODOLOGY: A retrospective observational study recently suggested that semaglutide treatment may be associated with more than a fourfoldContinue 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