Consider, for a moment, the paper cut. It happens suddenly and entirely unexpectedly, usually just as you are finally getting somewhere on that task you had been putting off. Recall your sense of ...

Melinda Howard’s medical ordeal started with a paper cut on her hand. One week later, she was in urgent care where she required three forms of antibiotics to fight an alarming infection. “It was scary ...

Only 10 percent of teen cutters continue to harm themselves into adulthood. Nov. 17, 2011— -- At age 14 or 15, a perfect storm of surging hormones, immature brains and unfamiliar emotions drive ...

A boy with a paper cut. Suzanne Tucker/Shutterstock.com Gabriel Neal, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Texas A&M University This article is republished from The Conversation under a ...