What are pubic lice or crab lice? Pubic lice are also known as crabs. They are small parasites that attach to the skin and hair near genitals, feed on blood, and be transmitted during sex. Do you know ...

Sarah Bradley is a writer with six years of experience creating personal essays, reported features, and content related to health and parenting topics. Lice are small parasitic insects found on heads, ...

Pubic lice (Phthirus pubis), also known as "crabs," are an insect infestation that commonly affects the genital area of ...

Pubic lice, also known as crabs, are tiny parasitic insects that infest the pubic hair of humans. They are often spread through sexual contact, but can also be transmitted through sharing personal ...

Pubic lice are different from head lice. They are transmitted through physical (typically sexual, though not always) contact with another person who has pubic lice. Humans cannot get pubic lice from ...

Natural selection has shaped the form, function, and life of the pubic louse, like every other creature on the planet. These so-called “crabs,” which dwell in pubic hair, are definitely gross looking, ...

Every few years an alarm is raised; habitat loss puts this species at risk. “Pubic grooming has led to a severe depletion of crab louse populations... an environmental disaster in the making for this ...

Lice originate from different geographic regions, depending on the type. You may be most familiar with head lice, which are unpleasant but essentially harmless. Other types are body lice or pubic lice ...

We adore them. We watch them every week. Sometimes we even imagine they’re our own family, but even TV mothers have to be weary with their health. In a recent Reuters story, actress Florence Henderson ...

Wendy Wisner is a journalist and international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). She has written about all things pregnancy, maternal/child health, parenting, and general health and ...