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 ...

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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 ...

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

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

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 isn’t just a bad habit — it’s an immune defense mechanism. While it fuels inflammation, it also helps fight ...

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

New research, published in the journal Science, shows how scratching actually aggravates inflammation and swelling in mice ...