This issue is about epidemiological parameters (e.g. incidence, mortality, survival rates) of common cancers in Germany and their early detection. The screening examinations provided by the statutory health insurance funds ...

This issue is about the consumption of beverages containing sugar, like soft drinks and fruit juices in the German population. Martina Rabenberg and Gert Mensink try to answer the following questions: Is there a difference ...

Health data of the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) and the European Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) are analyzed by Jürgen Thelen, Nils Kirsch und Jens Hoebel in this issue. The first results ...

Health behavior change programmes are designed to improve individual health behaviour (e. g. physical activity). But who takes part in these programmes? This issue of GBE kompakt shows with representative data for Germany ...

The first issue in 2012 focuses the connection between unemployment, precarious work and health. Are unemployed people more impaired? Is illness a cause or a consequence of unemployment? What are the effects of precarious ...

World Health Day, on 7 April, was celebrated this year with the theme "Active ageing: Good health adds life to years". GBE kompakt asks therefore, how and why the population of Germany is ageing and what the implications ...

June, 26th is International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Neuroenhancement is therefore the focus of this issue of GBE kompakt. Results of KOLIBRI, a study by Robert Koch-Institute, are presented which ...

In dieser Ausgabe werden die für Deutschland vorliegenden Ergebnisse zu sozialen Unterschieden in der Mortalität und Lebenserwartung zusammenfassend dargestellt. Neben Untersuchungen, die auf Vergleichen zwischen ...

Anlässlich des 25. Jahrestages des Mauerfalls befasst sich diese Ausgabe mit der Frage nach Unterschieden in der Gesundheit in Ost- und Westdeutschland. Dazu werden zunächst die Sterblichkeit und die mittlere Lebenserwartung ...

The first issue of 2014 focuses on hysterectomy. The removal of the uterus currently ranks among the most frequent gynaecological procedures both in Germany and internationally. Medical indications for a hysterectomy other ...