Head lice: No one wants them, and no one wants to admit they have them. They are, er, lousy. There are a lot of misconceptions about lice, so let's work through the ...

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 ...

Marianne had a phone call she would never forget. Her daughter’s preschool called and asked her to pick up her child because she had lice. As someone who had never dealt with lice growing up and whose ...

Head lice are not dangerous but are extremely irritating for everyone concerned. Lice are attracted to clean hair and spread quickly from one head to another. Young children are particularly prone as ...

^pDear Doctor K:^p A child in my daughter’s classroom has head lice. What do I need to do if my daughter gets it? ^pDear Reader:^p Lice — the visitor dreaded by parents everywhere. Head lice are small ...