Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've ever watched your beloved feline friend tear into your favorite couch or delicately shred the corner of your rug, you ...

The Happy & Polly Framed Art Embellished Scratchers come in three different styles and blend into your décor far better than the average scratching post. Instead of screaming, "I live with cats," they ...

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic (long-lasting) skin condition that causes dry, itchy patches of skin that may crack or ooze. It is the most common form of eczema. Itchiness occurs when an overactive ...

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Scratching an itch can bring a contradictory wave of pleasure and misery. A mouse study on scratching, reported in the Jan. 31 Science, fleshes out this head-scratching paradox and could point out ...

Ah, cats. We love our furry feline overlords despite the occasional hairball and their propensity to scratch the furniture to sharpen their claws. The latter is perfectly natural kitty behavior, but ...

Why do we scratch? Scratching in response to itching is both pleasurable and harmful. In skin conditions, particularly dermatitis, scratching creates a vicious cycle, intensifying the itch and ...