In May 2001, at the end of the school year, Dr. Lisa De Ybarrondo's oldest child came home scratching her head furiously. Nicole, now 10, had come down with a bad case of pediculosis — in the ...

EXPERTS have shared images of the worst cases of lice they’ve ever seen – as they urge parents to check their kids’ heads before school is back in session. NitNot founder Eileen H… ...

Experts have shown pictures of the worst lice cases they have seen - including this one, which is so bad it 'could be dangerous' Sharing the above image of one awful case, she warns: "This shows a ...

After conquering a bad case of lice, one mom started a business to prevent others from getting it. By Molly Snyder Senior Writer Published Dec 13, 2011 at 3:05 PM.

While lice are hardly a rare occurrence, with between 6 and 12 million kids ages 3 to 11 in the U.S. getting lice every year, they’re definitely uncomfortable and unhygienic, and scratching the ...

It's 9 a.m. on a warm Wednesday and at least five families have already crowded into the tiny waiting room of a Mercer Island business aimed at ridding the world of head lice.

Head-lice feed from the blood of their human hosts and with an infestation this bad may actually result in the sufferer being incredibly faint and run-down.

IT’S a fact of life. If your children go to school or camp, they will each almost certainly end up with at least one case of head lice over the years. So as the school year winds down and camp ...

A case of lice may be a nuisance, but it’s a sign that you belong to a community. “A kid is not going to get head lice unless he or she has friends. This is a social disease.” health@latimes.com ...

Washington is among at least 25 states where head lice have become highly resistant to the most common over-the-counter products used to treat them, new research says.