What’s worse than getting hand sanitizer in a paper cut? OK. A lot of things. But an insatiably itchy inner ear might take the cake for minor but maddening bodily inconveniences. The unreachable ...

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

While usually, it is a time of rejuvenation and freshness, for some, they also bring an irritating problem: itchy ears. If you find yourself constantly scratching your ears after waking up ...

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 where it itches reduces the presence of potentially harmful bacteria on the skin, studies in mice show.

That maddening itch inside your ear isn’t just annoying, it’s trying to tell you something. While you might be tempted to grab the nearest pencil or paperclip to scratch that unreachable spot ...

The itch from bug bites, rashes, and other skin conditions can sometimes be so overpowering that it feels impossible to avoid ...

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How many times were you told not to scratch an itchy rash when you were a kid because you’d only make it worse? Well, it ...

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 itch is almost irresistible — even though it can make a problem worse. Now researchers have discovered a mechanism that explains the "itch-scratch cycle".

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