"While not a serious condition, scabies can be very itchy and irritating," she said ... Prof Hawthorne said: "We recognise that patients may be apprehensive to seek treatment given the social stigma ...

Devil's-bit scabious gets its Latin name - 'Scabere', meaning to scratch - from its traditional use as a treatment for skin conditions, such as scabies and the sores of bubonic plague. Its common name ...

In the lab, cosmetic researchers have identified at least five types of mucus cells in the garden snail alone, each producing a different biochemical composition. Among them, glycosaminoglycans are ...