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Health
1:30 pm
Fri May 18, 2012
The Itching Question That's More Than Skin Deep
By editor
Studies show that the power of suggestion can induce itchiness — but scientists don't know what this irritation is, what causes it, or why it feels so good to cure. Marc Abrahams, editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, talks about how talking about the science of itches might have you scratching right now.