Pain and itch are both unpleasant sensations, but they trigger different responses -- pain often prompts withdrawal, while itching leads to scratching. Until now, scientists have struggled to ...

The twinge begins in the afternoon: toes. At my desk, toes, itching. Toes, toes, toes. I don’t normally think about my toes. But as I commute home in a crowded subway car, my feet are burning, and I ...

Itch is a complex process in skin neurobiology. Understanding pruritus, commonly known as itch, and its chronic forms is a key step in developing effective treatment and management strategies to ...

Ever had an itch you can't scratch? Maybe it's out of reach, or your hands are full, or you don't want to damage your skin. It can be deeply frustrating. And even though the itch response, or what ...

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.