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

Topical mupirocin helps reduce inflammation in lupus, offering a potential new approach for managing symptoms and improving skin health.

Constantly scratching and picking at an itchy rash really does make it worse. But why? According to newly released research ...

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Scratching an itchy rash really does make it worse. Now we know why, thanks to new research that uncovers how scratching aggravates inflammation and swelling in a mouse model of a type of eczema ...

“In addition to decreasing the inflammation by decreasing lesional staphylococcus aureus, the mupirocin treatment also lowered skin monocyte levels, which are important in driving cutaneous lupus,” ...

This trial was based on Kahlenberg's previous discovery that cutaneous lupus rashes are often colonized with a common skin bacteria, Staphyloccous areus, also known as staph, and contributes to ...