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That Irritating Itch? It May Just Be Your Brain

In fact, our noodles could be inventing 90% of what we call real

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 24, 2008 3:17 PM CDT

(Newser) – A woman suffers from an itch so severe that she scratches right through to her brain—yet doctors find no medical ailment. War victims feel the sensations of a real limb—but from phantom appendages. What does it all add up to? Perhaps a new... Read full story »

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That Irritating Itch? It May Just Be Your Brain

In fact, our noodles could be inventing 90% of what we call real

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