The Washington Post September 08, 2026 • 10:32

Column | Focusing your attention may help your brain fight inflammation, study suggests - washingtonpost.com

By Richard Sima

Column | Focusing your attention may help your brain fight inflammation, study suggests - washingtonpost.com

Researchers found that people who distracted themselves from an itch actually had worse inflammation than those who didn’t.

When you feel pain or an itch, you might try to ignore it.
But a fascinating new study has found that this may actually make your inflammation worse in certainsituations.

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