Economic and Humanistic Burden in Paediatric Patients with Atopic Dermatitis.

Data concerning the economic and humanistic burden in patients with paediatric atopic dermatitis (AD) and their families are scarce. This retrospective study investigated these burdens in paediatric patients with AD using maintenance treatment with topical corticosteroids and/or conventional systemic immunosuppressants. Patient-reported outcomes regarding quality of life, AD severity, and parental work-related impairment were completed at inclusion.

Diuretics for hypertension-reasons for a contradiction in primary care prescribing behavior: a qualitative study.

There has been a long international discussion on diuretics as first-line therapy for hypertension. In Germany, thiazide diuretics are very rarely prescribed in monotherapy and concurrently highly prescribed in fixed-combinations. The aim of this study was to approach the reasons for this inconsistency in primary care prescribing behavior.

Dietary advice for acute diarrhoea in general practice: a pilot study.

Background: Although there is no evidence that diet shortens acute diarrhoea, doctors tend to give dietary advice.

Aim: To test the effects of eating and drinking normally on the duration of acute diarrhoea and on the feeling of well-being.

Method: Randomized single-blinded, controlled trial in urban and semi-urbanized areas.

Pre-Main-Sequence Star Candidates in the Bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Candidate pre-main-sequence stars were observed in the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud during the search for dark matter in the galactic halo. Seven blue stars of apparent visual magnitude 15 to 17 had irregular photometric variations and hydrogen emission lines in their optical spectra, which suggested that these stars are pre-main-sequence stars of about 10 solar masses. These stars are slightly more massive and definitely more luminous than are Herbig AeBe pre-main-sequence stars in our own galaxy.