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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

A psychiatric patient at Yale New Haven Hospital continued to swallow wires out of surgical masks, as well as batteries and other objects, despite orders of one-to-one observation, according to a ...

Stomach acid is a surprisingly strong substance, even able to dissolve some shocking objects. But that doesn't mean ...

A game of beer pong landed a 19-year-old man in the operating room after he unknowingly swallowed a metal bottle cap - an unusual medical emergency that doctors say carries serious, potentially ...

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 ...

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 ...