Injuries from swallowing magnets are a growing problem among children and could lead to potentially life-threatening complications, researchers say. In a 2012 survey of pediatric gastroenterologists ...

The number of cases of children ingesting magnets has tripled, resulting in serious injuries that require surgery, according to a new study. Of particular concern to doctors is the increase in the ...

Children who swallow powerful neodymium magnets are at risk of serious complications, requiring emergency evaluation and possible treatment. That's the message of a new clinical algorithm published in ...

A consumer research group called Tuesday for warning labels on toys with magnets after more than 4 million Mattel play sets were recalled over injuries to several children who swallowed magnets that ...

Child injuries from ingesting magnets are on the rise. June 22, 2012— -- Small but powerful magnets are becoming an increasing safety risk in children, and now, a new report published in the ...

Recent research provides a clear example of the dangers of deregulation. The study found that poison center cells involving children swallowing high-powered magnets went up substantially after 2017 in ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- It's a dangerous attraction, but more and more kids are swallowing a common household item that can cause serious health problems. "Ten years ago, you did not see that," says ...

As a pediatric gastroenterologist, I learned one thing very early in my training: children swallow almost everything. Once, as a resident, I cared for a small child who swallowed the horse and rider ...

The number of children who have ingested powerful magnets that can cause serious health problems tripled between 2002 and 2012, according to new research published Friday in The Journal of Pediatrics.

Over the course of little more than a month, we removed 54 tiny toy magnets from the digestive systems of four children. They were lucky: Despite invasive procedures and operations to repair holes in ...

Washington — Braylon Jordan, 2, has spent the past two months at Children's Hospital in New Orleans, much of it in intensive care, being treated for serious intestine damage caused when he swallowed ...