Toree McGowan had a patient who swallowed a mini bulb from a string of Christmas lights: "If you look closely on his X-ray, it looks like the small bowel has a great idea."Toree McGowan Emergency ...

The variety of non-food items that children place into their mouths is alarming. Coins, batteries, magnets, needles, pins, tacks, glass, wood, earrings, rings and toy or game pieces are some of the ...

Society's move to cashless payments may have had an unintended positive side effect, surgeons say - fewer children needing operations or procedures to remove swallowed coins. The Ear, Nose and Throat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A psychiatric patient at Yale New Haven Hospital continued to swallow wires out of surgical masks, as well as batteries and other ...

For toddlers, the world is a playground of curiosity. A shiny coin, a colourful sequin, a button on the floor: everything is a potential discovery. But when these objects end up in a child’s mouth, ...

Emergency physicians have found a range of strange objects inside their patients. Patients have come to the ER after swallowing toothbrushes, lightbulbs, and kitchen utensils. Doctors will often let ...

Emergency physicians have found a range of strange objects inside their patients. Patients have come to the ER after swallowing toothbrushes, lightbulbs, and kitchen utensils. Doctors will often let ...