Swallowed magnets led to the hospitalisation of at least 300 children in the UK in a single year, with some requiring life-changing surgery, according to recent research led by the University of ...

A nationwide public awareness campaign is required to highlight the potential life-changing injuries resulting from ‘ball magnet’ ingestion, with emphasis on the need to seek urgent clinical advice on ...

About 55,000 model car kits have been recalled because of a potentially fatal ingestion hazard to children, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced. The recalled unassembled Deluxe Pit ...

Thousands of young children worldwide are still swallowing magnets despite an increase in regulations, finds a review of the available evidence, published online in the journal Injury Prevention. With ...