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.

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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 ...

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 ...

(CBS/AP) Watch out for magnets. That's the word from the Consumer Products Safety Commission, which on Thursday warned that powerful ball-bearing magnets pose a big threat to children. So far this ...

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 ...

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 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 ...