Recently, in a study posted in the Neurons Journal, scientists at the Salk Institute identified a brain pathway that is associated with the mechanical sensation of itching. It is distinctly different ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Itch was long misunderstood. Now, it is a rapidly growing field of research. Experts discuss the science behind ...

Anyone who has suffered through sleepless nights due to uncontrollable itching knows that not all itching is the same. New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis explains ...

LA JOLLA (April 5, 2023)—Itch is a protective signal that animals use to prevent parasites from introducing potentially hazardous pathogens into the body. If a mosquito lands on a person’s arm, they ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patient reported data from two phase 3 trials found roflumilast cream 0.3% significantly reduced itch severity ...

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 ...

It can be a relief to scratch the occasional itch, but when an itch gets out of control and doesn’t stop it can become a serious health problem. Scientists at the University of California, San ...

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 ...

For people living with relentless itching, the suggestion that their symptoms are “all in their head” can feel like a second injury. Yet the closer scientists look at the wiring that links itch and ...

Roflumilast cream showed higher efficacy compared to vehicle in both Phase 3 studies on the primary efficacy endpoint of Investigator Global Assessment (IGA) success, with 40% of roflumilast cream ...

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 prevent ...