Itchy and Scratchy is one of The Simpsons' most well-known parodies, and the episodes that center around it are some of the show's best.

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

Each mouse was gently picked up by their tails using large tweezers covered with silicon ... 3.3 Histaminergic and non-histaminergic pruritogen-induced itchy eye stimulation increased the neural ...

Scratching an itchy rash really does make it worse. Now we know why, thanks to new research that uncovers how scratching aggravates inflammation and swelling in a mouse model of a type of eczema ...

A new study conducted in mice suggests that, although it's not all good, our urge to scratch at itchy skin may have an ...

Scratching an itch can bring a contradictory wave of pleasure and misery. A mouse study on scratching, reported in the Jan. 31 Science, fleshes out this ...

How many times were you told not to scratch an itchy rash when you were a kid because you’d only make it worse? Well, it turns out that advice was actually correct and now we know why, according to a ...

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

Scratching isn’t just a bad habit — it’s an immune defense mechanism. While it fuels inflammation, it also helps fight ...

Scratching an itchy rash really does make it worse. Now we know why, thanks to new research published today in the journal Science that uncovers how scratching aggravates infl ...