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

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

It is important for a person to avoid itching if they have a poison ivy rash. Itching can cause breaks in the skin and lead to infection. They should also not burst any blisters that develop.

Now, new research in Science Immunology has revealed a number of new promising avenues for bringing succor to people ...

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

Scratching where it itches reduces the presence of potentially harmful bacteria on the skin, studies in mice show.

Check out a special flip-book issue in this preview of Poison Ivy #30, where both Ivy and Janet find themselves lost in ...

Poison? What poison? Some bacteria may treat the powerful toxins bathing poison dart frog skin like a buffet. The alkaloid chemicals that poison dart frogs wield on their skin increase the variety ...