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Ashland resident Kevin P. Conley Jr., a wildland firefighter, is on a bike ride from Astoria to San Francisco, around 1,000 miles, to raise money and awareness for the Wildland Firefighter Foundation, ...

Scratching an itchy rash worsens inflammation by triggering pain-sensing neurons and activating mast cells, creating a ...

The itch from bug bites, rashes, and other skin conditions can sometimes be so overpowering that it feels impossible to avoid ...

Researchers studied genetically modified mice that lack NP2 itch-sensing neurons, to investigate the connection between itch, scratch, and inflammation.

Scratching an itchy rash really does make it worse. Now we know why, thanks to new research published today in the journal ...

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Constantly scratching and picking at an itchy rash really does make it worse. But why? According to newly released research ...

New research published in the journal Science uncovers how scratching aggravates inflammation and swelling in a mouse model ...