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Podcast: Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
Episode: Bryan Betty: How to deal with head lice
Description: Head lice, otherwise known as nits or kutis, is one of the most frustrating medical conditions parents have to face. It’s very common and often seen in school outbreaks.  What are head lice and who gets them?  They’re small insects found on the head. They live on hair and suck blood from the scalp. They lay eggs on the hair – looking like little grains of sand stuck to hair.  Anyone can get them; it has nothing to do with poor hygiene. They do not carry disease.  Only humans can get them, and they’re spr...