I was born with nerve endings on the outside of my skin. But I was born into a world where most successful people seem to have nerves internally or not at all. My mother had Dr. Spock; all I had were ...

Dermatologists explain why scratching offers instant relief but triggers a deeper itch-scratch cycle that damages your skin, and the safer science-backed ways to calm an itch without making it worse ...

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found physical evidence of a previously unknown communication between nerves on opposite sides of the body. In the May 2004 issue of Annals ...

A Reddit user claims to have regained feeling in their previously numb foot after receiving a bite from a brown recluse spider. "I had major foot surgery over 10 years ago and lost feeling in two of ...

F rom sudden breakouts to puffy eyes and mystery flare-ups, stress leaves a calling card all across your face. When your ...

Our fingertips have an extraordinarily high sensitivity to touch – and now it looks like that sensitivity might be largely confined to the ridges of our fingerprints. “They really help us get very ...

Our skin is more than a surface, it’s a story. It’s the first thing the world sees, the last thing we shed and the only organ that touches every part ...