Scientists have now shown why it may not be a good idea to scratch an itchy rash, even though it feels good. This research ...

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Exercise mats can be particularly germy, but you can stay safe by carefully cleaning and disinfecting them when you work out.

Scratching is often pleasurable, which suggests that, in order to have evolved, this behavior must provide some kind of ...

In 2017, a tragic incident unfolded in a Nevada hospital. A woman, admitted for pneumonia, tragically succumbed to multiple ...

If you left a pot of rice out overnight, you might want to reconsider eating it the next day. Rice contains a bacterium ...

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

The researchers also demonstrated that scratching prompts pain-sensing neurons to release a chemical known as substance P, ...

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 ...

The researchers showed that when curcumin is intentionally given to bacteria as food and then activated by light, it can trigger deleterious reactions within these microbes, eventually killing them.

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

In lab experiments, a protein found in the Sydney rock oyster made some antibiotics more effective and killed several types ...