Military and head lice

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/116/6/1612.2.full
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 I have received >250 requests from health care practitioners from the United States and abroad for additional information about this treatment; however, no pharmaceutical company, university, or health care entity has stepped forward to perform such studies. I now have realized that practitioners who want independent information will need to try out the treatment themselves.

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/artifacts/archives/002505.asp
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The latter treatment probably slowly harmed the patient as much as it helped, but doctors still frequently used mercury compounds during the early nineteenth century as most were not convinced of the element’s poisonous properties.
Less common than in the past, head lice infestations still occur in institutional settings, often schools. While pesticides produced in the mid-twentieth century have reduced the frequency of such infestations in developed countries, these treatments are not effective on eggs and, in some instances, lice have begun to develop immunity. Newer techniques such as drying lice and their eggs have now come onto the scene, but fine tooth combs such as those used at Fort Crawford still play a large role in combating lice infestations to this day.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/114/3/e275.full
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• ELECTRONIC ARTICLES

A Simple Treatment for Head Lice: Dry-On, Suffocation-Based Pediculicide

1. Dale Lawrence Pearlman, MD

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1. From Family Dermatology, Menlo Park, California

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Abstract

Objectives. The emergence of drug-resistant lice has created the need for new therapies. This study assesses a new method without neurotoxins, extensive household cleaning, or nit removal.

 

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/115/5/1452.2.full
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http://nuvoforheadlice.com/Nuvo%20FAQs.htm
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