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Scientists at Harvard Medical School have shown for the first time that a common skin bacterium -- Staphylococcus aureus -- can cause itch by acting directly on nerve cells. The findings, based on research in mice and in human cells, are…

There are few travel experiences more ignominious than arriving at the departure gate to find your carry-on, which you slavishly packed – in part to avoid the hefty checked-baggage fees on some airlines – is overweight.But Lise Carlaw has…

Whoever shot it was obviously using a gimbal to steady the shot and an external microphone to pick up the snippets and scraps of the city inhabitants’ gossiping, teasing, wooing, joking, and griping. I dug in deeper and noticed there were…

It’s been about eight years since From Software introduced us all to Bloodborne and its horrifying blood-soaked streets, and I don’t mind telling you I’ve spent every waking minute since then thinking about its world, and waiting…

In the months since Elon Musk took over Twitter and started making all kinds of unpopular changes, people have been looking for other places online where they can hang out instead.Of all the Twitter-like social platforms to emerge as safe…

Elana Gotkine THURSDAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Oral treatment with difelikefalin results in greater reductions in itch intensity scores than placebo among patients with notalgia paresthetica,…

It is October 2023 and Conservatives cram into the Manchester conference centre for their leader’s speech. Amid triumphal music, the prime minister approaches the podium, ruffles his shock of blond hair, offers his trademark sly…

The first study to treat moderate-to-severe eczema in infants and children 6 months to 5 years old with a biologic drug (monoclonal antibody) rather than immune-suppressing medications shows the drug was highly effective in reducing the…

Cercarial dermatitis, also known as swimmer's itch or clam-digger's itch, is caused by the larvae of blood flukes that are parasites of birds or mammals. When these larvae, called cercariae, penetrate human skin, they trigger an allergic…

Raising a child is never easy- there’s a good reason why people say that being a mother is the hardest job in the world. But what happens when not just one, but both of your children have severe eczema? Needless to say, this would mean a…