Toys with lights and electronic sounds are tantalizing to young children — but so, too, are their small, disc-shaped lithium batteries. You’ll find these “button batteries” everywhere: in cameras, ...

Kids stick things in their nose, ears, and mouth all the time; it may be another way for them to explore and learn. But getting those objects out be challenging, and can take some creativity. Like ...

An 11-year-old boy recently learned a painful life lesson to never stick magnets up his nose again. Having gotten a hold of a set of button magnets, the boy was curious to see if the magnets would ...

As Christmas approaches, there are many warnings around the dangers of button batteries, but experts say more needs to be done about the dangers magnets pose. Here’s why. Children who ingest multiple ...

Emergency departments saw about the same number of foreign ingestion cases during the pandemic but a higher proportion were batteries and magnets. A study’s abstract findings will be presented at the ...

From itty-bitty magnets to teeny-tiny button batteries, screeching sirens, and the online sale of recalled toys, this year’s holiday happiness is booby-trapped with potential child hazards. For the ...