Her daughter’s preschool called and asked her to pick up her child because she had lice. As someone who had ... She recommended following up with a second treatment one to two weeks later.

Four out of five head lice are resistant to a common treatment used to eradicate them, finds a study of Welsh schoolchildren, published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Ask your doctor if your area has resistant lice so that you can be sure to get the most effective treatment. Some prescription and over-the-counter treatments kill both the live lice and their ...

Yet somehow no one tells you that, while you shampoo and shampoo away. So this month's news of a new lice treatment product will be welcomed by many. According to the New England Journal of ...

Among subjects in the trial who got the ivermectin, 73.8% were free of lice two weeks after treatment. The study, underwritten by Topaz Pharmaceuticals, the maker of the topical formulation ...

As long as they don't rub their heads together,” she said. After finding live lice in the hair, the treatment is simple, according to Nolt. “There are very safe and effective FDA-approved ...