NEW THERAPIES, such as leaving Nix on for four to eight hours or Elimite brand anti-lice cream, are controversial among physicians and dermatologists and are not recommended by the National Pediculosis Association.
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For more information, call the National Pediculosis Association at 1-800-446-4672 or visit the nonprofit agency's Web site : http : / / www . headlice . org.
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Richard Pollack, an entomologist at the Harvard School of Public Health, accused Deborah Altschuler, president of the National Pediculosis Association, of inaccurately spreading the word that his lab believes traditional pesticide shampoos are worthless.
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"I speak to so many frustrated parents, " said Debrah Altschuler, president of the National Pediculosis Association, a Needham-based nonprofit group that advocates against the misuse of pesticidal lice treatments.
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Parents doing battle with bugs often get conflicting advice, and the Internet abounds with entrepreneurs selling unproven herbal lice treatments, said Deborah Z . Altchuler, president of the National Pediculosis Association, a nonprofit education organization.
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"There's an old medical adage that when there are a lot of treatments, you can be sure there is no cure, " said Deborah Altschuler of the National Pediculosis Association in Massachusetts.
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Barring return of children until nits are removed has the effect of transforming the pediculosis " problem " for which schools have no inherent incentive to solve, into an attendance " problem " for which schools have a direct financial interest.
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Like penicillin-resistant bacteria, new strains of treatment-resistant lice are laying their eggs, or " nits, " on the scalps of children around the country, according to local health officials and the National Pediculosis Association.
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An advocacy group with headquarters in Needham, the National Pediculosis Association, is devoted to finding alternative means of controlling the parasites, recommending specially designed combs to remove lice, which then meet their ultimate fate in a cup of water or on a towel.
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"' Pediculosis corporis "'( also known as " Pediculosis vestimenti " and " Vagabond's disease " ) is a cutaneous condition caused by body lice ( specifically " Pediculus corporis " ) that lay their eggs in the seams of clothing.
