Thousands of people slice their hands and fingers every year while cutting avocados, and research shows that most of these injuries occur from April through July. Hand surgeons see these injuries ...

Hand surgeons are seeing a lot more avocado-related hand injuries. According to research, thousands of people slice their ...

Avocado hand typically occurs when you’re cutting or preparing an avocado. The method of cutting an avocado classically involves slicing the fruit in half, and then holding the fruit in the non ...

“It’s shocking how many ER department visits are related to avocado hand-cutting injuries,” Matthew E. Rossheim, the lead author of the study and an associate professor in the School of ...