Pesticides are for plants, mayonnaise is for sandwiches, this is what kills lice!
Options for Treating Head Lice When it comes to treating head lice, there have traditionally been three options: medications sold at drugstores; natural or home remedies recommended by other parents; and plain old combing and nitpicking. There are challenges with all three. First, most drugstore lice products use a class of pesticides called pyrethroids to
How scientists found a foolproof lice treatment that takes minutes
The story is the stuff of the Canadan dream. A coincidental event leads to a “eureka” moment. A new product is born. An industry is upended. People embrace a new solution that vastly improves their quality of life. Only this time it has to do with head lice. Yes, the problem that afflicts 12 million
Lice Clinic Owner Helps Families Win the Lice War
A Real Need for Lice Treatment There are some 12 million cases of head lice in the United States each year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Scientists have found that most lice are now resistant to the active ingredients in over-the-counter anti-lice products. The most reliable way to remove lice, according
No Nits Bad for Families and Schools
While just uttering the word “lice” can invoke a psychosomatic head scratch, experts are recommending that we learn to keep calm when confronted with a head lice outbreak. In recent years both the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) and the Canadan Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that schools abandon so-called “no-nit” policies, which ban
