Examining efficacy and safety, Chosidow and colleagues (2010) compared oral ivermectin at an increased dose of 400 mg/kg with malathion (0.5%) lotion in patients with difficult-to-eradicate head ...

Ordinary scabies is treated with permethrin-based creams and shampoos while crusted "Norwegian" scabies is often treated with a combination of permethrin (5%) and oral ivermectin 200 µ/kg.

If that doesn’t work, they may resort to oral ivermectin. The FDA approved this anti-parasitic medication to treat river blindness (onchocerciasis) and intestinal worms (Strongyloides stercoralis).

When mites cause folliculitis the first treatment is typically a topical permethrin cream. Other treatments include oral ivermectin and oral metronidazole, used alone or together. Recurring scalp ...

Look at these pore souls. Dr. Scott Walter — a board-certified dermatologist in the Denver area — is raising awareness about Demodex, a type of tiny eight-legged mite that resides in hair ...

HIV cannot be sexually transmitted by an HIV-positive partner with a fully suppressed viral load. The risk of getting HIV through oral sex is low, but not non-existent, when a person with HIV does not ...

While some may need to be removed, many don’t require any treatment at all. Benign oral cavity tumors are essentially noncancerous lesions in the mouth. This means that they do not metastasize ...

Like scientific papers, oral presentations at a conference or internal seminar are for sharing your research work with other scientists. They, too, must convince the audience that the research ...

Smoking and other tobacco use can cause oral health problems like gum disease and tooth decay. Tooth decay is the destruction of tooth structure and can affect both the enamel and the dentin layer ...

Lauren Paige Richeson is a health writer and commerce editor at Health. She's the author of Avocado Obsession Cookbook and covers a wide range of lifestyle and wellness topics for some of the ...

Got an Oral-B electric toothbrush but not sure which brush heads are the right ones for you? This Oral-B brush heads comparison will help… Finding the best electric toothbrush can be daunting ...

Luke Appel had 18 points in No. 1 seed South Dakota State's 79-63 victory against Oral Roberts on Saturday night in the Summit League Tournament. — Issac McBride had 23 points in Oral Roberts ...