Undated -- Kids are choking themselves for the fun of it, sometimes fatally. In at least nine states in recent years, kids have been seriously injured or killed by "suffocation games" designed to ...

CITYWIDE — Even if you’ve never heard of it, there’s a good chance your son or daughter has. Researchers say the “choking game,” a risky activity in which adolescents deprive their brains of oxygen by ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a 2009 survey of eighth graders in Oregon, one in 16 said they had participated in the "choking game," according to research published Monday. The game -- a misnomer ...

The mother of a 13-year-old boy who died after attempting TikTok's "choking challenge" pleaded with lawmakers to take action against the social media platform Wednesday as Congress considers its ...

“When it comes to social media challenges, a lot of kids think that they’re just games,” says Dana. “Our son was bullied and dared by a bully at school to participate in 'the choking game.'” Dana and ...

Dec. 28, 2012 -- Common kitchen items like ground cinnamon and marshmallows are increasingly being used by kids for dangerous choking games and cheap, easy highs, a toxicologist warns. "A lot of these ...

Sixteen percent of Sam Houston State University students responding to a survey about “The Choking Game” reported to having played the dumb-ass, potentially fatal game. The Crime Victims’ Institute ...

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When I woke up (about 5 feet from the fire, about 50 feet from where I started) half the kids were laughing, and the other half were pale and looked like they were going to throw up. Apparently my ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Between 1995 and 2007, at least 82 children and adolescents in the United States died as a result of playing the "choking game," according to a report released Thursday.