When teachers open their classrooms to students this fall, they’re also inviting an unwanted guest: head lice. Any parent who’s gone several rounds with a nit comb and a squirming child knows how ...

Whenever I drop into a local pharmacy in Notting Hill, the staff look at me with huge sympathy. “Not again?” Yes, nits are doing the rounds again at my children’s primary school. I’m spending around ...

WHILE most parents will be jumping for joy as their kids go back to school next month, there is one thing they dread, nits. The pesky little critters seem to make a comeback every time the kids head ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: A child in my daughter’s classroom has head lice. What do I need to do if my daughter gets it? DEAR READER: Lice – the visitor dreaded by parents everywhere. Head lice are small insects ...

Once head lice have attached themselves to hair follicles, they can deftly evade detection and are therefore hard to kill. Infestations of these bloodsucking parasites are commonly dealt with using ...