Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We’ve all been there: that impossible-to-reach itch that has you twisting, stretching, and generally looking ridiculous while ...

What’s common between a scratchy sweater, a mosquito bite, and poison ivy? A brush with any of them guarantees an itchy spot on the skin. Scratching that itch is extremely tempting because of how ...

Mosquito bites are itchy and we tend to scratch itchy things. The scratching feels good in the short term but tends to hasten and exacerbate swelling and inflammation. This leads to more scratching ...