Ahead, 10 itches you should never scratch. Get The Healthy by Reader's Digest newsletter  Itches you shouldn't scratch 1.

Scratching an itchy rash really does make it worse. Now we know why, thanks to new research published today in the journal ...

Scratching where it itches reduces the presence of potentially harmful bacteria on the skin, studies in mice show.

Despite the saying “happiness is having a scratch for every itch,” itching often makes the itchy skin condition worse. So why is the instinct so strong? In a study with mice, researchers from ...

“For example, a mosquito usually bites you and then you feel itchy. You don't scratch right when the mosquito is biting you.” Now, in a study published today in Science, researchers at the University ...

However, a new study has fleshed out this paradox, offering a good reason to go ahead and scratch that pesky itch. In a study with mice, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found that ...

Ringworm is a fungus that causes both jock itch and athlete’s foot. When it appears anywhere else on the body, the infection is just called ringworm. itchy, circular-shaped scaly patches with ...

Researchers studied genetically modified mice that lack NP2 itch-sensing neurons, to investigate the connection between itch, scratch, and inflammation.