Archive for October, 2012

New Treatment For Head Lice? - Doctors Lounge

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

New Treatment For Head Lice?
Doctors Lounge
The mere mention of head lice is enough to terrify most parents. Lice infestations affect all socioeconomic levels, and the critters have become increasingly resistant to treatment. Worldwide, hundreds of millions of people are infected with lice each ...

Sanofi Worm Pill Kills Resistant Head Lice as a Lotion - Businessweek

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

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Sanofi Worm Pill Kills Resistant Head Lice as a Lotion
Businessweek
Sanofi (SAN)'s lotion Sklice, which as a tablet treated worms, wiped out head lice in a single application in a study that suggests the drug may offer a better approach than existing medications, researchers said. A day after treatment, 95 percent of ...
New Treatment For Head Lice?iVillage Entertainment
Ivermectin hair lotion observed helpful against liceMelodika.net (press release)

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Sanofi Worm Pill Kills Resistant Head Lice as a Lotion - Bloomberg

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

Sanofi Worm Pill Kills Resistant Head Lice as a Lotion
Bloomberg
Head lice each year infest 6 million to 12 million 3- to 11-year-old children in the U.S., Paris-based Sanofi said in a statement in February when Sklice received Food and Drug Administration approval. The parasites have become resistant to first-line ...

New Treatment May Kill Head Lice — Fast - WebMD

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

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New Treatment May Kill Head Lice -- Fast
WebMD
Oct. 31, 2012 -- Parents dread getting the call or the memo in a child's backpack: the one telling you that your child or one of his or her classmates has head lice. Now, there's a new option in pharmacies that might just make that note less dreadful.
New Treatment For Head Lice?iVillage Entertainment
Single Topical Ivermectin Head Lice Treatment Very EffectiveDoctors Lounge
Lice lotion chases away itchy childhood pests, research findsThe Courier-Journal

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Head Lice Lotion Safe, Effective - MedPage Today

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

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Head Lice Lotion Safe, Effective
MedPage Today
A single, 10-minute application of topical ivermectin (Sklice) without nit combing was effective and safe for killing head lice, two phase III industry-sponsored trials showed. Compared with an inactive comparator, the ivermectin lotion resulted in a ...
Sanofi Worm Pill Kills Resistant Head Lice as a LotionBusinessweek
New Treatment For Head Lice?iVillage Entertainment
Ivermectin hair lotion observed helpful against liceMelodika.net (press release)

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Union bosses call for the return of the nit nurse to Lancashire’s schools - Lancashire Telegraph

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

Union bosses call for the return of the nit nurse to Lancashire's schools
Lancashire Telegraph
The NAHT, which represents school and college leaders, believes routine head lice inspections should be reinstated and deterrents re-established to ensure children are treated for nits. The call comes after Holy Trinity Primary School in Darwen backed ...

CHINGFORD: Children battle head lice - East London and West Essex Guardian Series

Monday, October 29th, 2012

CHINGFORD: Children battle head lice
East London and West Essex Guardian Series
GIANT head lice were taken by surprise when Chingford children attacked them with inflated bats as part of a nits awareness campaign last week. Pupils from Chingford CoE Junior School, in Cambridge Road, took turns in whacking their hapless adversaries ...

Letter: School system should have changed policy regarding lice - The Mountain Press

Friday, October 26th, 2012

Letter: School system should have changed policy regarding lice
The Mountain Press
This is in reference to the Oct. 17 Page 1 article about head lice in schools. I am responsible for that decision and I am proud of it. My granddaughter was sent home from school a while back because she had head lice. We were sent some special shampoo ...

Pajaro Valley school leaders ease head lice rules - San Jose Mercury News

Thursday, October 25th, 2012

Pajaro Valley school leaders ease head lice rules
San Jose Mercury News
WATSONVILLE -- Students with head lice will no longer be removed immediately from Pajaro Valley classrooms. Nor will school staff perform routine screenings. Before the head scratching starts, here's why. The state Department of Public Health no longer ...

Schools May Halt Head Lice Screenings - Patch.com

Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

Schools May Halt Head Lice Screenings
Patch.com
new_asset_attachment_attributes. Schools may stop routine head lice screenings and students with head lice may no longer be sent home from school, if the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees approves a policy change Wednesday.