{
  "id": 1468579,
  "title": "Scratch that itch: Why focusing on inflammation can reduce symptoms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/scratch-that-itch-why-focusing-on-inflammation-can-reduce-symptoms-1468579",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T10:23:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/health/2026/08/17/scratch-that-itch-why-focusing-on-inflammation-can-reduce-symptoms/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Taking your mind off a pain or itch may seem the best way to deal with them but a new study suggests that attention can influence the body’s reactions. Researchers from Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in Israel studied how attention can affect our inflammatory response. It showed that when people voluntarily focused their attention on sensations arising from a small area of…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}