Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. Itch is such a common, everyday sensation that we rarely think about it — until it becomes pathological, or so chronic ...

Next up: Mosquitoes, chickenpox, sheep wool. People can name a hundred things that can make them itchy, but no one can tell you why. It's had scientists scratching their heads for years. Has it got ...

Forget hot flashes, exhaustion or night sweats. This pesky, seemingly harmless problem could be a symptom of changing hormones.

A neuropathic itch is an itch that results from nervous system damage rather than issues with the skin. There are many causes of neuropathic itch, including stroke, diabetes, and shingles. Itches are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That said, it’s a pretty common occurrence, says Alyssa Dweck, MD, an ob-gyn in Westchester County, New York. In fact, it’s one of ...

Ever had an itch you can't scratch? Maybe it's out of reach, or your hands are full, or you don't want to damage your skin. It can be deeply frustrating. And even though the itch response, or what ...

I remember it well: our dark winter of itch when the kids were small. It started with a note sent home—years before the pandemic—that my child had been exposed, not to a deadly virus but to lice.