Since 1980, sunbed use and travel abroad have dramatically increased in Iceland (64°-66°N). The authors assessed temporal trends in melanoma incidence by body site in Iceland in relation to sunbed use and travel abroad. Using joinpoint analysis, they calculated estimated annual percent changes (EAPCs) and identified the years during which statistically significant changes in EAPC occurred. Betw...

The magmatic activity (0-16 Ma) in Iceland is linked to a deep mantle plume that has been active for the past 62 My. Icelandic and northeast Atlantic basalts contain variable proportions of two enriched components, interpreted as recycled oceanic crust supplied by the plume, and subcontinental lithospheric mantle derived from the nearby continental margins. A restricted area in southeast Icelan...

BACKGROUND Indications for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation have expanded considerably in recent years, resulting in steadily growing numbers of ICD recipients worldwide. The aim of this study was to review the overall experience with ICDs in Iceland. METHODS This was a retrospective single centre study set at the University Hospital in Iceland. Data on all ICD implan...

There is growing concern about the health status of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena in the North Sea and adjacent areas. The interaction between toxicological results (Zn, Cd, Cu, Fe, Se, Hg), stable isotope data (δ13C and δ15N) and the most common pathological findings, namely emaciation and lesions of the respiratory system, were investigated in 132 porpoises collected along the coasts...

BACKGROUND In a stable of eight horses in Northern Iceland, six horses presented with clinical signs, such as ataxia and reduced appetite, leading to euthanasia of one severely affected horse. Serological investigations revealed no evidence of active equine herpes virus type 1 infection, a common source of central nervous system disease in horses, nor equine arteritis virus and West Nile virus....

Prediction of dental caries in pre-school children. Caries Res 1993; 27: 424–430). In these two papers, I was able to show a lower level of dental caries and a higher level of being caries free among the group that were non-secretors. This fits in well with the findings in the study of Kárpati from 2014. This work was carried out on children aged 4–6 years and included deciduous and newly erupt...

Conserved gene clusters in the scrambled plastomes of IRLC legumes (Fabaceae: 1 Trifolieae and Fabeae). 2 3 Saemundur Sveinsson, Quentin Cronk 4 5 Faculty of Land and Animal Resources, Agricultural University of Iceland, Keldnaholt, 112 6 Reykjavik, Iceland;Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of 7 British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, C...

Author details Department of Environmental Exposure and Epidemiology, Domain of Infection Control and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404NydalenNO-0403 Oslo, Norway. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. Unit for Nutrition Research, Landspitali University Hospital and University of Iceland, Reykjavik, ...

Prof. Johann Axelsson is the founder of the Department of Physiology at the University of Iceland, and despite his retirement as professor is still actively involved in research at the department. Most if not all Icelandic physiologists have studied physiology under his guidance at some point in their career, and/or worked under his leadership as mentor or department head. No Icelandic physiolo...

BACKGROUND The objectives were to study alcohol consumption per capita and liver cirrhosis mortality in the population of Iceland. METHODS The Statistic Iceland website supplied alcohol sales figures and death rates. RESULTS The alcohol consumption increased 30% during the study period 1982-2009, because of increase in beer and wine, and decrease in spirits consumption. Chronic liver cirrho...