Your itching skin is driving you mad but the doctor's appointment is still a couple days away? There are few home remedies that can bring relief. Christin Klose/dpa If you are plagued by itchy, ...

Itching can be uncomfortable, but it’s a normal part of your skin’s immune response to external threats. When you’re itching from an encounter with poison ivy or mosquitoes, consider that your urge to ...

MINNEAPOLIS — As winter finally makes its presence felt, so does a symptom of the frigid air. Dry skin is forming and many of you might treat it in a painful, yet relieving way. Why does dry skin itch ...

Researchers might have finally scratched below the surface of this medical mystery. Itchiness is a common symptom of various skin conditions, but why that is has long been unclear — until now. A new ...

PITTSBURGH — When you feel that irresistible urge to scratch an itch, you’re activating an evolutionary defense system. New ...

Scientists show for the first time that bacteria can cause itch by activating nerve cells in the skin. The findings can inform new therapies to treat itch that occurs in inflammatory skin conditions ...

The problem with having skin is that it’s not blemishless and can burn very badly and is liable to develop rashes or sores, not to mention cancers, and—at once more benign and, in the moment, just as ...

The top 5 most-read dermatology content of 2025 on AJMC.com included innovative advances from artificial intelligence ...

I remember it well: our dark winter of itch when the kids were small. It started with a note sent home—years before the pandemic—that my child had been exposed, not to a deadly virus but to lice.

Stop scratching: rubbing skin activates an anti-itch pathway in the spinal cord, according to new research. Stop scratching: rubbing skin activates an anti-itch pathway in the spinal cord, according ...

Scratching is a natural response to irritation, but when it becomes a persistent habit, it may signal deeper psychological issues. While many dismiss frequent scratching as merely annoying, research ...

Scars covered my body, dozens and dozens of scars all over my arms and legs. Scars that I made myself. By Caroline Chirichella First, I said I was allergic to cats. Then I blamed a food allergy. Then ...