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Fall and Football There are two good things about September–December: cool weather and football season. Whether it’s NFL or college football, this is the time when stakes are high, and games are intense. Kick-offs are kicking off and there’s a buzz

If you find yourself encountering head lice for the first time, you may feel overwhelmed and perturbed and deeply troubled. While the frustration is understandable and can also be quite stressful, it’s important to take a deep breath and remind yourself

Back to school season is probably your favorite for two reasons.  A) You love preparing your kids for school and B) of course, you love the extra time to yourself during the day while the kids are away. While back to

Finding out that your child has head lice is frustrating. With over six million cases of head lice being reported each year by the CDC, preschool and elementary school kids are at high risk of contracting the critters. For parents, the best

Millions of people around the globe are affected by head lice infestations each year. In the US alone, an estimated 6 to 12 million infestations occur in preschool and elementary school-age children annually. For a parent, dealing with head lice infestations is

It’s a little creepy when you think about it! With 7 billion people in the world, lice still go for the 26 percent under the age of 15. Is there something about children or their hygiene that attracts lice, or is it

More popular than synthetic wigs, human hair wigs are loved for their natural looks and easy maintenance. Yet, even with something as wonderful as this, there is a downside. Despite not being rooted to your scalp, human hair wigs can still

One of the main reasons why many parents fail to catch lice infestations in the beginning is because they mistake them for dandruff flakes. Dandruff and nits are both white and flaky in texture. They cause a lot of itching and

Many people associate head lice infestations with hygiene. However, head lice have nothing to do with cleanliness. They’re mostly spread by close or direct contact with a person who already has an infestation. This is why schoolchildren are more susceptible to

Scratching your head while trying to come up with the perfect Halloween costume for your child? If you aren't too careful, your child might be scratching their head pretty soon. Halloween is often accompanied by a jump in head lice infestations. Although

Head lice have squandered the face of the earth since as long as anyone can recall. These near-microscopic insects have crawled around hair follicles, silently sucking our blood and laying eggs. These pests flourished among crowds of unwashed humans back when

School has just begun, which means that there’s a high chance that your kids will be coming home with lice infestations. According to the CDC, around 12 million children contract head lice in the United States annually, and no matter how many

We’ve all heard about the biblical plague of the mid-fourteenth century thatwiped out more than half of Europe by killing  75 to 200 million people. History tells us that the pandemic originated in Central Asia and was brought to Europe by