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The Neonatal weight loss is a common problem which most physicians who take care of newborns should recognise. The most common reason is insufficient dietary intake. ⋯ It presents with serious electrolytes abnormalities and metabolic acidosis. It is therefore important to distinguish between serious and benign causes of weight loss in neonates.
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The study aim was to describe migraine incidence over the ten-year periods, 2000-2009 and 2010-2019, in individuals aged 10-79 years in primary healthcare centre (PHCC) Sólvangur and Fjörður, Hafnarfirði. Another aim was to estimate migraine prevalence in primary care clinics in the capital area of Iceland over the period 2010-2019 and describe prescriptions for migraine specific drugs and other drugs used for migraine. ⋯ Migraine prevalence in the PHCCs of the capital area of Iceland was only one third of migraine prevalence in the population-based cohort pilot study Heilsusaga Íslendinga. Increase in opioid drug prescriptions for individuals diagnosed with migraine is of concern and needs further study.
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Hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopathy (HCCAA) is a dominantly inherited disease caused by a mutation (L68Q) in the cystatin C gene, CST3. Mutant cystatin C protein accumulates as amyloid in arterioles in the brain leading to repeated brain hemorrhages and death of young carriers. Recently a possible treatment option was reported for HCCAA carriers involving an oral treatment with N-acetyl-cysteine in order to increase glutathione which was found to dissolve aggregates of mutant cystatin C. ⋯ Import of grains and sugar was limited, but increased greatly according to import records. Due to lack of salt, food was preserved in acid whey, but gradually salt replaced whey as means of preserving food. This study aims to explore if changes in the diet of Icelanders during the same decades could possibly affect the amount of glutathione in people.