Who Feels Bullied Because of Head Lice? Parents!
October is National Bullying Prevention month, and while the focus is rightly on the treatment of children, parents can feel bullied, too, especially when it comes to having head lice in the family. A OnePoll survey of 2,000 U.S. parents—conducted in conjunction with Lice Clinics of America—found that 52 percent of parents feel judged by […]
The Search is Over. End the Lice-Mare Today at Lice Clinics of America.
It’s no secret that ridding a family of head lice can be stressful and time consuming—a nightmare that some have called a “lice-mare.” Most home lice treatments require repeated applications, tedious comb-outs and nitpicking, with no guarantee of success. If one nit is missed, the lice will return. Lice Clinics of America® offers an immediate, […]
Keep Your Family Lice-Free All Year Long with Lice Clinics of America
Back-to-school time is peak season for head lice. Children returning to school huddle together to share stories, photos, and lots of hugs, and head-to-head contact is the primary way head lice spread from child to child. Lice Clinics of America®, the world’s largest network of professional lice treatment centers, sees a surge in cases of […]
Don’t Let Back to School Mean Back to Lice
As summer ends and school begins again, it is important for parents to be on their guard against head lice. Children between the ages of 3 and 12 are the most likely to get head lice, and there are best practices parents can use to prevent lice from afflicting their children. Check your kids’ heads […]
Texas Lice Clinic Owners Travel to Columbia to Rid Orphanage of Head lice
When Jim and Sonia Watt were asked by a friend to fly to Columbia to an orphanage to treat 175 children and staff for head lice, they instinctively said “yes”—without knowing how they would fund the project. The couple owns Lice Clinics of America® treatment centers in College Station and Tomball, Texas, and know how […]
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 […]
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 […]
