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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

While head lice infestations can be frustrating and inconvenient, it's important to note that they don't resolve on their own and require treatment for elimination. "Without intervention ...

Lice cause some parents considerable embarrassment and the treatment can be expensive and long-term when not treated properly. A recent article in The Journal of Pediatric Health Care demonstrated ...

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 ...