People with atopic dermatitis often need to use many medicines every day to help with their itchiness and rashes. There are treatment options that can be applied directly to the skin (also known as ...

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 ...

Besieged by patients seeking remedies for common midsummer ills, U.S. doctors this year have more fancy preparations than ever to work with, but find themselves caught in a crossfire of controversy ...

When John (patient name changed for privacy) visited our clinic in 2019, he had been driving for five hours straight. A retired widower, John had been looking forward to relaxing in his golden years.

Scientists at Harvard Medical School have shown for the first time that the common skin bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, can cause itching by acting directly on nerve cells. The new findings, based ...