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 ...

A DOCTOR has issued a serious warning to parents over a potentially deadly magnetic ball craze which has left at least four children needing surgery. The trend involves youngsters placing small ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parents are being warned about the dangers of magnetic balls. [Photo: Getty] Doctors are warning parents about a dangerous new ...

The surgeon added: “These magnets can be extremely dangerous, and erode through intestinal tissue as they try and connect to each other. "They cause multiple holes in the bowel and are potentially ...

A craze sweeping schools for using magnetic ball-bearings to mimic body piercings has left three children in hospital and is putting large numbers in danger, a surgeon has warned. Sanja Besarovic said ...

A mother has issued a warning to parents after he six-year-old daughter suffered a perforated bowel after she accidentally swallowed a magnetic ball bearing. Libbie Walker, of Hull, needed major ...

Doctors have warned parents to be extra vigilant of their children while in isolation, after the near-death of a two-year-old. The near-fatal incident occurred while two-year-old Imogen Ferguson and ...

A DOCTOR has issued a serious warning to parents over a potentially deadly magnetic ball craze which has left at least four children needing surgery. The trend involves youngsters placing small ...

Doctors are warning parents about a dangerous new trend which risks children swallowing magnetic balls. The craze involves children putting the small magnetic balls in their mouth – one inside the ...