Scratching an itchy rash worsens inflammation by triggering pain-sensing neurons and activating mast cells, creating a ...

Scratching an itch can bring a contradictory wave of pleasure and misery. A mouse study on scratching, reported in the Jan. 31 Science, fleshes out this ...

Don't scratch! In each case ... including the groin (jock itch, anyone?). Itch fix: Treat athlete's foot with an ...

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 ...

To learn more about what happens after scratching, the scientists studied ordinary mice that were allowed to scratch their itchy ears. They noticed that at scratched sites, pain-sensing neurons ...

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 ...