Lice Clinics of America Gives 2018 Community Caring Award to OneEighty for Turning Lives Around
At its annual summit in April, Lice Clinics of America® awarded its 2018 Community Caring Award to OneEighty, an organization dedicated to bringing hope, love, and opportunity to people and communities impacted by crisis, poverty, or addiction in the “Quad Cities” area of northwestern Illinois and southeastern Iowa. “As we look at the support received
Lice Clinics of America Partners with CareCredit to Help Consumers Finance Treatments
Lice Clinics of America®, the world’s largest network of professional lice treatment centers and exclusive providers of treatment using the revolutionary “one and done” AirAllé® medical device, announced a partnership with consumer healthcare financing leader CareCredit. “Our mission is to make it as easy as possible for families to get head lice out of their
Environmental Watchdog Sounds Alarm on Pesticides Used in Lice Products
Environmental Watchdog Sounds Alarm on Pesticides Used in Lice Products The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to suspend its study of pyrethroids until it can include six studies on links to the pesticide’s impact on childhood cognitive and psychological development. Claiming that a “crucial decision on pesticides and
Chemicals in Lice Products Linked to Health Problems in Children
25Chemicals in Lice Products Linked to Health Problems in Children Pyrethroids are a class of chemicals used in insecticides, including the most popular head lice medications. A new study in the Occupational and Environmental Medicine reports what many had feared for decades—that “exposure to certain pyrethroids, at environmental levels, may negatively affect neurobehavioral development by
Pharmacy Times Warns of Risks of OTC Lice Products
Pharmacy Times Warns of Risks of OTC Lice Products According to an article in Today’s Pharmacist, “Pharmacists should be aware of the limitations of over-the-counter (OTC) treatments, to which lice are widely resistant.” The latest research, published in the Journal of Medical Entomology in 2016, found that 98 percent of lice in 42 states are
Guide to Contagious Conditions at School
Guide to Contagious Conditions at School Schools can be petri dishes for certain health problems—an ideal place for contagious conditions to spread. Contagious conditions vary in their severity and in the manner they are spread. Here are the most common contagions and some tips to avoid them. The Cold The common cold is the most
School Lice Policies Scare Parents, Not Nurses
School Lice Policies Scare Parents, Not Nurses Changing lice policies at schools can frighten parents that still believe myths about head lice. In central Washington, a school district that now allows children with lice to stay in school has had to educate parents about the way lice spread. One parent told KEPR TV in Tri-Cities,
Because You Love Your Children, Don’t Use Lice Products with Pyrethroids
If you love your children, you won’t want to use lice products that use pyrethroids. Here’s why. Pyrethroids are the class of pesticide used by the most popular over-the-counter (OTC) lice products. That’s right. These products use pesticides. For decades, parents have been dousing their children’s heads with toxic chemicals to treat head lice. Pyrethroids
Why Head Lice Are So Hard To Beat (and How To Beat Them)
No one wants to talk about head lice. Until your child has head lice. Then you find you can’t talk or think about anything else. While head lice cause stress and embarrassment to parents, most of the stress comes from the fact they are so darned hard to get rid of. Here’s why. Lice are
Lice on the Rise as Traditional Treatments Falter
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 6-12 million children contract head lice in the United States each year. That figure has remained the same for years, and it’s a wide range as cases of head lice are difficult to count because they are not evenly recorded throughout the country. Cases of
