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• Bariatric Surgery: What’s the Evidence?

  QuestionThe epidemic of obesity is ever increasing worldwide. Family physicians are frequently asked by obese patients: “Should I have surgery to get rid of my excess...

  Mariangel Rubio Duran, Andreas Sönnichsen

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• Is Melatonin Effective in the Treatment of Sleep Disorders?

  QuestionSleep disorders are frequent reasons for encounter in family practice. Usually they are treated with benzodiazepines or z-substances, but these drugs should not...

  Andreas Sönnichsen

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• Medical Students‘ Attitudes Towards Working in the Outpatient or Inpatient Sector and as Country Doctor

  Background: Despite interest among medical students in family medicine, there is a shortage of new recruits, especially in rural areas. To understand why only a small...

  Antonia Bien, Ferdinand M. Gerlach, Michael Paulitsch, Gisela Ravens-Taeuber, Nadja Becker, Linda Barthen

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• Work Stress among Family Physicians in two Thuringian Districts

  Background: Physicians are highly vulnerable to work-related stress. This study presents the results of a survey of workload among practice-based family physicians in...

  Lisa-R. Ulrich, Dorothea Lemke, Antje Erler, Beate S. Müller, Ferdinand M. Gerlach, Anne Dahlhaus

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• Setting up a Local Health Center in a Rural Region

  Background: Setting up local health centers is a recommended solution to the problem of how to ensure population-based and comprehensive primary care, especially in...

  Tane Lammers, Antje Erler Antje Erler, Ferdinand M. Gerlach, Elke Kessler, Alwin Weber, Ulrich Falk, Lisa-R. Ulrich

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• Colorectal Cancer Screening at Familial Risk

  Background: Familial clustering of colorectal cancer (CRC) is associated with a higher risk of the disease even if no underlying hereditary syndrome exists. In such...

  Natalie Gründl, Andrea Siebenhofer, Corina Guethlin, Jasper Plath

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• Significance and Potential of Diagnostic Algorithms in Primary Care

  Background: Diagnostic algorithms are designed to help primary care physicians to work their way forward to a possible diagnosis based on a leading symptom. While the...

  Julian Wangler, Sophie Pillath, Michael Jansky

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