Pesticides link with child cancer

Head lice treatments

Q:Last month my daughter caught head lice at school and I had to go to the chemist to get some shampoo for her. After she had the treatment, I was ho...

Head lice

A woman writes in to say that her 7-year-old son has head lice; as his hair is very short, it’s easy to comb through. She’s also treating herself, how...

Head lice: - Reach for the bug buster

A new school year is about to begin and with it comes the threat of head lice. According to some newspapers, parents and children are in for a torrid...

Autism: Is it caused by pesticides and household chemicals?

Autism – the condition that impairs children’s social skills and development – is probably caused by pollutants such as pesticides, viruses and househ...

Back to school i: and back to the head lice

The summer holidays are over and our children are starting to go back to school and to a new term new teachers new classes and the same old prob...

Smoking in child cancer link

Children of smokers are three times as likely to develop serious infections requiring hospital treatment and also run an increased risk of cancer, acc...