When people think about kidney disease, they usually imagine problems with cleaning the blood, removing extra water from the body, or keeping minerals at healthy levels. The kidneys play an important ...

Researchers identify a neural circuit in the lateral hypothalamus that suppresses itch during acute stress, offering new insights into chronic itch management.

Chronic itch affects millions globally, and existing therapies mostly target the skin or immune system. The findings could change that.

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Before he tees it up in front of thousands, six-time PGA Tour winner Max Homa faces a daily battle most fans never see, one ...

When you scratch an itch, something tells your brain when to stop. That moment of relief, when scratching feels "enough," is not accidental. Scientists have now identified a key molecular and neural ...

Overall, the CUPID-C trial corroborates earlier evidence that dupilumab can meaningfully reduce itch and hives in ...

Of all the pesky and uncomfortable things that can happen to your body, itching definitely ranks pretty high on the list. And when you have itchy skin all over? Talk about annoying (and inconvenient).

When researchers activated these stress-related neurons, scratching behaviour reduced in mice experiencing both short-term chemically induced itch and a psoriasis-like chronic itch.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have mapped a neural circuit in the brain involved in the complex relationship between itch and stress. Their findings, published in Cell Reports, ...

People who can’t stop scratching itches may finally have a culprit to blame. In mice (and probably people), a protein called TRPV4 is involved both in starting an itch and stopping it after scratching ...

Chronic itching without rash is strongly linked to cholestatic liver disease Jaundice and spider angiomas reflect bilirubin buildup and hormonal imbalance Easy bruising signals impaired clotting ...