THERE are few things as satisfying as scratching an itch. But when your itch keeps recurring and starts to affect your day-to-day life, it could be signalling something serious going on with your ...

PITTSBURGH, July 25, 2019 - Pinch yourself. If you feel pain, it's thanks to specialized nerve endings in the skin. And, in a surprising discovery, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School ...

Harpreet Bhasin is a biology major with minors in Biotechnology and Public Health and he is a 2024-25 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.

Leprosy is a chronic infectious illness that people have known about since ancient times, and it is still a major public ...

CUTANEOUS mast cells in the rat differ from those of other species in that they contain, besides histamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) 1. It is known that in the cat 5-HT excites certain cutaneous ...

Electronics on and in the skin will be possible within this decade with electronics linked to the nerves by 2015, according to U.K.-based Btexact Technologies' futurologist Ian Pearson. “Active skin ...

Itching and rashes often occur together. However, a person may experience itchy skin alone with dry skin, bug bites, some health conditions, or as a reaction to certain medications. The causes of skin ...

Signs of liver damage can also show on your skin, which people might mistake for other conditions. Here are some skin signs of liver damage that can be mistaken for other conditions.

Throughout the lifespan, premature ejaculation (PE) is men’s leading sex problem. And throughout the lifespan, many women complain that men discount foreplay and are too fixated on the genitals and ...