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 ...
MILWAUKEE -- A 4-year-old child underwent surgery after swallowing magnets from a popular toy. In a public post that's been shared on social media thousands of times, the boy's mother says her son had ...
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 ...
Tiny super-strong rare-earth magnets sold as toys were banned several years ago, but now some of them are back on the market landing kids in the emergency room. The Troubleshooters have warned you ...
TUCSON, Ariz. - Back in 2012, 22-month old Braylon Jordan was just one of thousands of children who ended up in the emergency room after swallowing tiny magnets like these. Their powerful force ...
Accidental ingestion of magnets is a growing problem among children, and parents should be aware of this risk, experts say. In a new study, researchers at a U.K. hospital report two cases of children ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Meredith DelPrete, 10, was playing at school one day and did something that she said is popular among kids her age: pretending to have a pierced tongue. The ...
MILWAUKEE — A 4-year-old child underwent surgery after swallowing magnets from a popular toy. In a public post that’s been shared on social media thousands of times, the boy’s mother says her son had ...
If you’re a parent of a small child or a kid with oral sensory needs, you might feel like you spend half of your day asking, “What’s in your mouth?” Some objects are harmless, but others are ...
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — A 4-year-old child underwent surgery after swallowing magnets from a popular toy. The boy’s mother, Jennifer White, of Appleton, Wisc., told WITI that her son had part of his colon ...
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 ...