A woman who failed to get veterinary treatment for her dog who was suffering from chronic ear and skin issues has been ...

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

Australian actress' Nicole Kidman's earlobes have caused a stir online after catching the attention of fans who have declared ...

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

The itch from bug bites, rashes, and other skin conditions can sometimes be so overpowering that it feels impossible to avoid ...

A muscle that we thought served no purpose beyond enabling some people to wiggle their ears is actually active when we are ...

Mice that were free to scratch their itchy ears saw the number of immune cells go up and levels of infection-causing bacteria decline ...

Do your ears hang low, do they wiggle to and fro? In the latter case, that’s thanks to a so-called “neural fossil”.

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

Find out why stress can worsen allergy symptoms. Learn about the cellular chain reaction that occurs in the body and how it ...

Existing research suggests scratching itchy skin can often make it worse, aggravating a wound and spreading harmful bacteria.

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 ...