“Both of the things I was diagnosed with are equally life threatening,” she says. “Cancer is physically destructive and ...

But all itches, low-level or consuming, present the same question: why? Why do we itch? What is its evolutionary purpose? What, over millions of years, was itching honed to accomplish, and where ...

If there’s any doubt, we can perform a skin biopsy to determine the cause.” You spent the day lounging by the pool, and now you have an itchy red rash on your chest. Now what? Generally, rashes from a ...

Your vagina may be itchy because of allergens, hormonal changes, irritants, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), or other factors. Proper hygiene—rinsing with water and wearing cotton ...

A previously unrecognized type of immune cell may be responsible for the itchy feeling brought on by bug bites and other allergic reactions. When you purchase through links on our site ...

Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a chronic (long-term) skin condition that causes intense itching and firm bumps on the outer layer of the skin, known as nodules. As a result of the itching, some people ...

Previous research from Sokol and colleagues showed that the skin's sensory nervous system—specifically the neurons that lead to itch—directly detect allergens with protease activity, an enzyme ...

Researchers identified a mechanism for why some people will itch from an allergen or mosquito bite exposure, while others will not in a new study, and showed this pathway can be targeted to ...

Some people feel itchy from mosquito bites, while others barely notice them–and scientists are trying to find out why there is such a wide range of reactions. [Related: Spring allergy season is ...

But fans who bought it on indie distributor itch.io got an unpleasant email on Sunday. If you bought Oxenfree on itch, you had until October 1 to download it or it would be gone forever.