Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man cutting an avocado in his kitchen (Getty Images) (Getty Images) Hand surgeons are seeing a lot more avocado-related hand ...

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Avocado sales have surged over the past few years, with Nielsen reporting an 11 percent growth in sales of the fruit in 2016 over the year before. The reasoning is clear: Avocado is delicious. But ...

After their unfortunate avocado-related injuries earlier this week, Joy Behar and Andi Dorfman have drawn attention to an odd, yet dangerous phenomenon known as “avocado hand” — but doctors have been ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - The growing popularity of avocados has many people learning that cutting the tasty and healthy fruit the wrong way can lead to a new medical trauma: avocado hand. If you search ...

You’ll want to cut this part from the guacamole recipe. Cutting avocados accounts for about 1 in every 50 knife injuries in America, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of ...

Whether smashed on toast for breakfast or as guacamole on Taco Tuesdays, the avocado has become an American staple, with per capita consumption skyrocketing from 2 to 7 pounds in the past 15 years, ...

Joy Behar of "The View" was hospitalized after she cut her hand trying to get the pit out of an avocado with a knife. Former "Bachelorette" Andi Dorfman, shown here, had hand surgery last week for the ...

A bowl of avocado salad doesn’t need to land anyone in the emergency room with a case of “avocado hand.” William Archie Detroit Free Press Pity the poor avocado with its pebbly skin and big pit. The ...