For the past five months, she had been tortured by pain boring into her back, an inch to the left of her spine. It was as if ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Increased joint pain and itch was significantly linked to an increase in overall fatigue. Disease severity was ...

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Having itchy skin can be a sign of anything from irritating clothing to eczema, but an oncologist has warned that your frequent scratching could be a sign of some types of cancer ...

If you have ever brushed your hand against a thorn or been bitten by a mosquito, you know that feeling pain vs. an itch are two different experiences. A new study published in Nature Communications ...

This is Explainer, a column that answers questions we all have (or should have). Anyone with skin knows the feeling of having a bad itch that won’t go away. Whether it’s a mosquito bite, hives, or ...

A research team led by KAANG Bong-Kiun, director of the Center for Cognition and Sociality within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), and KO Hyoung-Gon, professor at Kyung Hee University College of ...

Formalin was injected into the hind paw and histamine into the neck of a mouse to induce pain and itch, respectively. The activation patterns of anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) neurons were then ...