Scratching an itch is a common misunderstood behaviour. The study, published in the journal Science, delved deeper into understanding how scratching can affect skin health. Here's what the findings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chronic itching can come from conditions including eczema, psoriasis, and kidney disease. In the new study, researchers from the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In terms of evolution, reflexes like scratching an itch may not seem as important as developing an opposable thumb. But ...

Scientists have now shown why it may not be a good idea to scratch an itchy rash, even though it feels good. This research used a mouse model of a kind of eczema known as allergic contact dermatitis, ...

Destructive scratching — with tell-tale signs such as shredded furniture, mangled plants, tattered drapes — by pet cats is the source of frustration for many owners. So what can a cat owner do when ...

Catch sight of someone scratching and out of nowhere comes an itch, too. Now, it turns out mice suffer the same strange phenomenon. Tests with mice that watched itchy neighbors, or even just videos of ...

I’ve owned cats my entire adult life, and my furniture bears the proof: Every cat I’ve ever owned has left shredded couch corners, pulled loops on my headboard and ruined door mats in their wake. No ...

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