Even seemingly harmless household items like coins and magnets pose serious risks to children who often swallow them ...

As every parent knows, kids like to swallow things. Much of the time, the foreign objects safely pass through the child’s gastrointestinal tract without difficulty—especially if the ingested object is ...

Researchers have discovered a worrying trend. The number of young children who are brought to the emergency room after swallowing a small object has doubled. In 1995, 22,000 children under the age of ...

<br>This week doctors in Portland, Ore., <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/year-swallows-37-magnets/story?id=15850517#.T1aqsXEu_H8" target="_blank">removed 37 ...

One of the most common reasons kids need emergency care can give parents a real scare. It happens when children swallow objects they shouldn’t. Researchers from the American Academy of Pediatrics ...