An itch can drive you absolutely crazy, but there are times when scratching only makes it worse—throwing your body's ...

“There are some things about that concept that are off,” said Isaac Chiu, an immunologist at Harvard Medical School, who studies itch. “For example, a mosquito usually bites you and then you feel ...

Forget what your parents told you, scratching an itch may be good for you ... The ears of mice that could scratch at will swelled up more and contained more inflammatory cells called neutrophils ...

My foot itched last night, so I kicked off my boot and scratched my foot. But within a minute, I had to kick off the other boot. I don’t know why, but I can’t stand to have one shoe off and one shoe ...

This is why your skin becomes red and blotchy. Beware the itch-scratch cycle! Scratching your skin releases extra histamine, sending more itchy signals to your brain. Do it too much and you will ...

Take this particular Dodge Viper owner. Rather than swap in the latest short-throw kit, the guy bolted on a four-foot-long shift knob. Why? According to his YouTube account, he was jealous of ...