The school year is over-Hooray! Summer is here! The time for fun, relaxation and for a lot of kids, this means time for summer camp. Summer camps are committed to the well being and safety of all members in their camp community. Over the past several years, camps across the region have seen a [...]
If you are reading this right now, you are probably well aware that getting rid of lice and the infestation that comes with it is a tedious and very "nit-picky" process. It requires a lot of patience and takes time. With the proper guidance and know how, you can get through it and lice do [...]
Warning: Reading this blog may make you a bit "itchy" and if you are not a bug lover, a bit squeamish. Do you ever realize that whenever someone speaks about lice, you find yourself feeling all of a sudden itchy? Most of the time, head lice is a subject that people do not like to [...]
You have just received the call from your neighbor. Your child has played with her children everyday this week and last. She has been dreading making the phone call to you because she has to tell you that her child now has.....LICE. You start to feel your palms get sweaty. A hundred thousand thoughts go [...]
Head Lice, otherwise known as Pediculus Humanus Capitis. A rather large word for a creature that is so small. So small, yet so large among us. So large and so common, that there is an association named for it. The National Pediculosis Association (NPA) is a wonderful group that I have come to rely on [...]
The holidays are are approaching and that means family and friends coming and going all throughout your home. It also means lots of visitors staying at your home or perhaps you are visiting other family members out of town. Perhaps you are traveling to get to your destination and staying at a hotel. It is [...]
If you have school aged children, then you are probably very familiar with lice and it's ever so popular presence! These critters, though they do not pose any threat or disease, are just a plain nuisance and cause much stress for most families. The even bigger stress seems to come when it involves your child [...]
The answer to this question is you probably don't. So often, people find out that they have lice and keep it to themselves. They are embarrassed. They do not want others to know or better yet, they do not want other people to know that their children have contracted it. Why? Well, unfortunately, these little [...]
Some of you may have a seen a recent article about other services who prefer to use Rid to treat Lice. If you prefer to not use chemicals and pesticides on your children, then that is probably why you are here. However, if all else fails, and the problem persists, there are severe cases where [...]
The National Pediculosis Association (NPA) receives phone calls everyday from parents just like yourself as well as other health professionals reporting product treatment failure..many reports of families using various products on the market and finding them not to have worked...only to find the lice still living and crawling about on their children's heads. Quite often, [...]