A doctor has warned parents against the potentially fatal effects of a craze involving small magnetic balls, which has left at least four children needing surgery. The trend involves youngsters ...

Ellis Tripp, an 11-year-old boy in Worcestershire, a county in the West Midlands region of England, was reported to have been "fighting for his life" after accidentally swallowing five small magnetic ...

Harry Clarke was rushed in for emergency service after him and a pal became the latest kids to be hurt in the magnetic ball bearing craze A SCHOOLBOY had his intestines pulled out of his body through ...

Sets of small magnetic balls may look colorful and fun, but they can be dangerous, or even deadly in some cases, and one Park Ridge family recently learned just how real the danger can be. Mia ...

Teenagers have always gone to great lengths to keep up with the latest trends. But following fashion almost cost a 13-year-old girl in Colorado her life after she swallowed a set of magnetic ball ...

Youngsters are trying to fake tongue piercings with magnetic ball bearings. But the dangerous fad has left three in hospital A PLAYGROUND craze for fake tongue piercings using magnetic balls has ...

The NHS is calling for small magnetic balls to be banned amid a worrying and potentially fatal TikTok viral video trend which has led to children swallowing them. The viral videos shared in TikTok ...

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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — The ingestion of high-powered magnetic balls, which are sold as adult desk toys, has increased 10-fold in the past 2 years, indicating that package warning labels are ...

Two children needed life-saving surgery after accidentally swallowing powerful magnetic balls which are being used to mimic body piercings in a new craze. One of the youngsters, Freddie Webster, 12, ...