The itch from bug bites, rashes, and other skin conditions can sometimes be so overpowering that it feels impossible to avoid scratching them. But new research explains why you might want to hold off ...

Scratching is often pleasurable, which suggests that, in order to have evolved, this behavior must provide some kind of ...

The researchers also demonstrated that scratching prompts pain-sensing neurons to release a chemical known as substance P, ...

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

New research published in the journal Science uncovers how scratching aggravates inflammation and swelling in a mouse model ...

Constantly scratching and picking at an itchy rash really does make it worse. But why? According to newly released research ...

Well, the scientists think that though the reaction may worsen the rash itself, it could also offer an immune response to ...

Mice that were free to scratch their itchy ears saw the number of immune cells go up and levels of infection-causing bacteria decline ...

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

Scratching an itch is almost irresistible — even though it can make a problem worse. Now researchers have discovered 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 ...

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