Archive for February, 2013

How my daughter’s head lice nearly broke me - Globe and Mail

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Globe and Mail

How my daughter's head lice nearly broke me
Globe and Mail
Head lice. When my six-year-old daughter got lice in her long blond hair, I truly struggled with the cure. It nearly broke me. I actually thought I might go mad. Perhaps I would have, except for the help I got from a certain carrot-chomping cartoon ...

UF study on worldwide lice DNA may lead to better treatment methods - HealthCanal.com

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

UF study on worldwide lice DNA may lead to better treatment methods
HealthCanal.com
The study appearing online in the journal PLOS One today is the first to analyze nuclear genetic variation of head lice, providing a more complete evolutionary history of the parasite. Understanding genetic structure worldwide allows researchers to ...

Pleasanton Schools New Lice Procedures Sparks Petition - Patch.com

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Pleasanton Schools New Lice Procedures Sparks Petition
Patch.com
The petition by Lisa Swartzendruber can be found on Change.org. Swartzendruber writes: There are many reasons for this but one of the biggest is that as parents we have a right to be notified if our children are being exposed to head lice. Do you plan ...

Nitpicking the Lice Genome to Track Humanity’s Past Footsteps - Alfa Romeo Australia (blog)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Alfa Romeo Australia (blog)

Nitpicking the Lice Genome to Track Humanity's Past Footsteps
Alfa Romeo Australia (blog)
Hundreds of millions of head lice infestations occur each year around the world, most of them plaguing school-aged children. Each year in the United States alone, lice invade the braids and ponytails of an esimtated 6 to 12 million kids between the ...
UF study on worldwide lice DNA may lead to better treatment methodsUniversity of Florida
A genetic analysis of lice can reveal the history of human migrationsLiveScience.com
Can Lice Genetics Unwrap Story behind Human Evolution?TopNews New Zealand

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UF study on worldwide lice DNA may lead to better treatment methods - University of Florida

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Alfa Romeo Australia (blog)

UF study on worldwide lice DNA may lead to better treatment methods
University of Florida
The study appearing online in the journal PLOS One today is the first to analyze nuclear genetic variation of head lice, providing a more complete evolutionary history of the parasite. Understanding genetic structure worldwide allows researchers to ...
Nitpicking the Lice Genome to Track Humanity's Past FootstepsAlfa Romeo Australia (blog)
A genetic analysis of lice can reveal the history of human migrationsLiveScience.com
Can Lice Genetics Unwrap Story behind Human Evolution?TopNews New Zealand

all 5 news articles »

How my daughter’s head lice nearly broke me - Globe and Mail

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Globe and Mail

How my daughter's head lice nearly broke me
Globe and Mail
The Essay is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. Our little family has endured – among the four of us and in no particular order – chicken pox, ringworm, whooping cough ...

Hair Spies Combats Growing Head Lice Concerns - Press Release - Digital … - DigitalJournal.com (press release)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Hair Spies Combats Growing Head Lice Concerns - Press Release - Digital ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Burlingame, CA (PRWEB) February 27, 2013. The stigma about head lice leads many people to believe that the itching they are experiencing must be due to anything other than head lice. By the time they have purchased a whole new line of hair products, ...

10 Myths About Lice (& How to Kill Them) - Care2.com

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Care2.com

10 Myths About Lice (& How to Kill Them)
Care2.com
Looking to get rid of head lice? Anahad O'Connor, from New York Times suggests using Cetaphil. In a study involving 133 kids with lice, the subjects treated their condition by “coating the hair with Cetaphil, combing it, then blow-drying it until it ...

Americans Prefer Head Lice to Congress, Study Finds - PolicyMic

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

PolicyMic

Americans Prefer Head Lice to Congress, Study Finds
PolicyMic
In what might be the most useless but entertaining poll data so far this year, Public Policy Polling (PPP) has confirmed what most of us might guess: 85% of voters, view Congress negatively. Acknowledging that there can be little surprise to this ...

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Millennials Prefer Head Lice to Congress, Study Finds - PolicyMic

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

PolicyMic

Millennials Prefer Head Lice to Congress, Study Finds
PolicyMic
In what might be the most useless but entertaining poll data so far this year, Public Policy Polling (PPP) has confirmed what most of us might guess: 85% of voters, view Congress negatively. Acknowledging that there can be little surprise to this ...