The impact of a cervical dysplasia diagnosis on individual cancer prevention habits over time: a bicentric case-control study.

Purpose: Annual cervical cancer screening is recommended in Germany as a part of the statutory preventive care. Abnormal results can provoke psychological distress and anxiety, compromising women's adherence. Little is known about how a cervical dysplasia impacts adherence follow-up visits and prevention habits over time.

Adherence to gynecological screening impacted by experienced orthodontic treatment in childhood.

Background: Dental and cervical controls are two established screening programs in Germany. Compliance to orthodontic treatment in childhood is essential for dental health and one of the first health interventions that requires adherent behavior; therefore, it may be associated with participation in further screening programs in adulthood. However, it is not yet known whether early orthodontic treatment influences long-term screening adherence.

Impact of a cervical dysplasia and its treatment on quality of life and sexual function.

Purpose: In this case-control study, the impact on quality of life and sexual function in women with cervical dysplasia and conization will be evaluated, in order to address coping with such a premalignant lesion and to improve strategies for salutogenesis.

Methods: This multicenter case-control study evaluates women at special dysplasia outpatient clinic (T1) as well as 3 (T2) and 6 (T3) months after the diagnosis of a dysplasia. The women were subgrouped upon dysplasia only (S2) or dysplasia with conization (S1).

A Novel Easy-to-Use Prediction Scheme for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Cologne-WATCH (C-WATCH) Risk Score.

Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is the leading indication for emergency endoscopy. Scoring schemes have been developed for immediate risk stratification. However, most of these scores include endoscopic findings and are based on data from patients with nonvariceal bleeding.