An Oklahoma doctor says ivermectin can be dangerous for people who feel “bugs” on their skin, urging medical evaluation for causes like drug use or vitamin deficiencies.

Do you feel a crawling sensation on your skin when sitting on furniture or in bed, or even in your clothes? Or odd pinpricks on exposed skin as you move around the house? It may sound strange, but the ...

Formication, essentially a tactile hallucination, is an abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin. From the Latin formicare meaning "to creep like an ant," ...

A new study suggests that humans have a distinct, itchy defense response to ticks and other ectoparasites. By Sabrina Imbler In a way, nausea is our trusty personal bodyguard. Feeling nauseated is ...

In a way, nausea is our trusty personal bodyguard. Feeling nauseated is widely accepted to be an evolutionary defense measure that protects people from pathogens and parasites. The urge to gag or ...