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 ...

Despite more safety rules, kids around the world continue swallowing magnets, and the United States tops the list. Magnet swallowing has posed a danger to kids in the U.S. for over a decade.

In times past, the only magnets children were likely to be around were large, weak ones that held the letters of the alphabet to the family refrigerator. But a new kind of magnet being widely used in ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. October 20, 2023 Add ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pediatric surgeons are urging parents not to buy toys that include small, often brightly colored magnets as Christmas presents, following a dramatic rise in the number of children needing operations ...

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 ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission filed suit Wednesday to stop the company that distributes the popular Buckyballs magnets from selling the product, a legal tactic that the agency has used only ...