IconoclasT wrote:
] A kinder, gentler way to deal with those nasty head lice...
] LOL.
]
] CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- A new method of killing head
] lice by suffocating them with a lotion that dries on the scalp
] like shrink-wrap appears to work as well as many conventional
] medicines, its inventor said Tuesday.
]
] In a paper published by the American Academy of Pediatrics,
] Dale Pearlman, a dermatologist in Menlo Park, California, said
] that with his method nits -- lice eggs -- did not need to be
] combed out of the hair first, and resistance to some drug
] treatments was not an issue.
]
] In two tests involving 133 children, the treatment eradicated
] lice in from 95 percent to 97 percent of cases, he said.
]
] The lotion was placed wet on the scalp then dried with a hair
] dryer to "shrink wrap" the lice and cut off their source of
] oxygen, he said.
]
] The treatment "effectively treats head lice without
] neurotoxins, nit removal or extensive house cleaning," he said
] in the report published in "Pediatrics," the academy's monthly
] journal.

Well isnt that nice... so who are they concerned about more the children or the lice?