Effort Syndrome in Iceland

Effort Syndrome

The Effort Syndrome

THE effort syndrome has been defined by Grant (1936) as "that condition of ill-health in which symptoms and signs produced in normal subjects by excessive exercise are called forth in the patients by lesser amounts and in which no definite physical signs of structural disease are anywhere discovered." More briefly it may be described as a depressed capacity for exertion without distress in the ...

Surgery in Iceland.

Icelandic surgeons provide a wide range of modern surgical services with excellent results. How can a nation of fewer than 300,000 persons accomplish this? The main reasons are a thriving economy, a high standard of living and education, and the training of surgeons. All Icelandic surgeons receive their training overseas, many at university hospitals in the other Nordic countries, particularly ...

Iceland plans reigned in

Back in 2000, when the imminent completion of the human genome fired the imagination of many biotech entrepreneurs and the internet bubble had yet to burst, many people were considering the logical next step after the genome. After establishing the three billion letters of DNA code that we all have in common, the hunt was on for the much smaller number of letters that are variable between indiv...

Geothermal Energy in Iceland

Due to Iceland’s location on the Mid-Atlantic ridge, the island is provided with a great amount of geothermal energy. Hence, Iceland is well on the way to becoming completely independent of fossil fuels. Whereas high-temperature areas are mainly used for electricity generation, the more frequent low-temperature areas are utilized for direct application like space heating, bathing and greenhouse...