Lice resistant to common treatments in many states
As head lice develop resistance to over-the-counter treatments, what should parents do? (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - August 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are We All Potentially Evil?: A New Dramatic Film Based on the Stanford Prison Experiment Reveals Why Good People Turn Bad
The barbaric acts of ISIS in the Middle East and elsewhere (including lone wolf acts here and in Europe) have renewed the use of an adjective most commonly affiliated with Nazis--evil. In fact, British Prime Minister David Cameron evoked Hitler in his recent speech outlining a five year plan to combat Islamic extremism, starting with the acknowledgment that it is an ideology, and "Like so many ideologies that have existed before--whether fascist or communist--many people, especially young people, are being drawn to it. So we need to understand why it is proving so attractive." Another way to say it is this: why do good peo...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 27, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Enough to make your skin crawl! Woman horrified after doctors removed more than 20 lice… that were living in her EYE
A woman in China got a nasty shock when she discovered that she had lice living in her eye. Ms Zhang initially thought that she had an infection after her left eye began itching and seeping discharge. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Are Common Drug Eruptions in Children?
Discussion
Drug reactions unfortunately are common in children and adults. These reactions have different but often overlapping appearances. Viral exanthams also often cloud the picture as these rashes can be because of the drug, the virus or both.
Patients with urticaria multiforme present with an acute rash that appears as urticaria plaques that have a hemorrhagic or dusky discoloration. It occurs 1-3 days after viral symptoms (including cough, rhinorrhea, diarrhea) and may also present with fever.
Morbilliform drug eruptions one of the most common drug reactions in children and usually occur 7-14 days after the onset ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 27, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Po-Lice Products Now Available For Sale at RevNutrition.com
Po-Lice, a company offering a natural and innovative method to protect hair against head lice, announced its line of products is now up for sale on RevNutrition.com, a popular online retail site...(PRWeb July 20, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/07/prweb12853393.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - July 20, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Lice Clinics of America Opens New Treatment Center in Mankato
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Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - July 13, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Pesticide Chemicals, Brain Issues in Kids Linked?
Pyrethroids are chemicals commonly used in products aimed at killing insects, head lice, and fleas on pets. They were created to replace now-banned chemicals in insecticides and other products. But new research is raising questions about their safety as well, linking them to brain development issues in children. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - July 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
My Q and A With Roger Ekirch on the Way We Sleep, and How It's Changed Over the Centuries
Roger Ekirch is a professor of history at Virginia Tech and the author of At Day's Close: Night in Times Past. He is also a leading scholar on segmented sleep -- the idea that for much of history people slept into two separate chunks separated by a waking period, as opposed to a single span of sleep. In answer to my questions, he shared his insights on "normal" insomnia, how technological advances have changed the way we sleep, and why in many ways we're living in a golden age of sleep. 1) How was the waking time between the two sleeps spent? In myriad ways, from the spiritual to the profane, in addition to more mundane ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 24, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
WHO agency says insecticides lindane and DDT linked to cancer
LONDON (Reuters) - The insecticide lindane, once widely used in agriculture and to treat human lice and scabies, causes cancer and has been specifically linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Illustrated case report of phenol exposure
Phenol
3.5 out of 5 stars
Phenol Toxicity Following Cutaneous Exposure to Creolin®:A Case Report. Vearrier D et al. J Med Toxicol 2015 Jun;11:227-231.
Abstract
This paper is worth looking at for the excellent color photographs of the partial thickness skin burns induced by exposure to Creolin®, which contains carbolic acid (phenol), sodium hydroxide, and isopropanol.
A 9-year-old girl was brought to the emergency department because of respiratory distress and unresponsiveness. Symptoms came on quickly and started within 4 minutes of the mother pouring 8 oz Creolin® over the patients hair in an attempt to get rid of hea...
Source: The Poison Review - June 18, 2015 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical coagulative necrosis creolin phenol surface burn Source Type: news
Well: The Weekly Health Quiz: Libido, Lice and Drinking to Excess
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - June 5, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: TOBY BILANOW Tags: Quizzes medicine and health Featured Source Type: news
Well: The Weekly Health Quiz: Libido, Lice and Drinking to Excess
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TOBY BILANOW Tags: Quizzes medicine and health Featured Source Type: news
Well: New Tactics for Battling Head Lice
The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its advice to doctors on how best to treat children and families affected by head lice. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - June 1, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: JANE E. BRODY Tags: Family Personal Health Hair Lice Shampoos and Hair Products Parenting Featured Children and Childhood Source Type: news
Well: New Tactics for Battling Head Lice
The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its advice to doctors on how best to treat children and families affected by head lice. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JANE E. BRODY Tags: Family Personal Health Hair Lice Shampoos and Hair Products Parenting Featured Children and Childhood Source Type: news
