A lice comb can help you detect lice and remove both the lice and their nits (eggs). When you find lice, prompt treatment is key to removing them and preventing them from spreading to others. While it ...

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A seven-word inscription discovered by accident on a 3,700-year-old lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in an alphabet, according to a new study. The inscription written on the ivory comb ...

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Lice checks were a dreaded part of my childhood — I remember anxiously waiting for the nurse to call my name for a checkup, hoping a call home wouldn’t follow (sometimes, I wasn’t so lucky). Head lice ...

An engraving on an ancient lice comb is potentially the oldest known sentence written using an alphabet. The ivory comb bears a sentence in an early Canaanite script, estimated to date back almost ...

Archaeologists at Tel Lachish found an elephant ivory comb with wishful inscription, the oldest complete sentence in the earliest alphabet. Photo from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem No one wants ...

Marianne had a phone call she would never forget. Her daughter’s preschool called and asked her to pick up her child because she had lice. As someone who had never dealt with lice growing up and whose ...

Using a lice comb in wet hair can be a great way to remove lice nits. But it’s possible to eliminate them with smothering agents, essential oils, and powerful treatments called pediculicides. It’s ...