Residential proximity to oil and gas production sites and hematologic malignancies: A case-control study.

Background: We investigated the association between residential proximity to oil and gas production sites and hematologic malignancies, due to a cancer cluster in the German state of Lower Saxony.

Methods: A registry-based case-control study was conducted including 3978 cases of hematologic malignancies diagnosed within 2013-2016 and 15,912 frequency-matched controls randomly drawn by population registries. Residential proximity to 5333 oil and gas production sites at the time of diagnosis was calculated.

Reaching the Elderly: Understanding of health and preventive experiences for a tailored approach - Results of a qualitative study.

Background: Often preventive measures are not accessed by the people who were intended to be reached. Programs for older adults may target men and women, older adults, advanced old age groups and/or chronically ill patients with specific indications. The defined target groups rarely participate in the conception of programs or in the design of information materials, although this would increase accessibility and participation.

[Analysis of statutory health insurance data concerning utilization of support surfaces for pressure ulcers].

Background And Objective: Support surfaces are commonly used to prevent and treat pressure ulcers. Up to now little is known about their application in Germany.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using claims data of the Gmuender ErsatzKasse (GEK) for the year 2004 to analyse the utilization of support surfaces for pressure ulcers in primary care.

Reporting on post-menopausal hormone therapy: an analysis of gynaecologists' web pages.

Background: The present study was designed to analyse Web pages of German gynaecologists with regard to postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT). There is a growing body of evidence, that the overall health risks of HT exceed the benefits. Making one's own informed choice has become a central concern for menopausal women.