Preliminary inquiries indicate that the Nationwide Airlines Boeing 737-200 which shed its starboard engine on take-off from Cape Town two days ago had suffered ingestion resulting in catastrophic ...

In 2008, DrBicuspid.com reported on a curious case of an elderly patient who swallowed a screwdriver and aspirated a wrench during two different dental appointments with the same practitioner. Now a ...

A study published Friday in the Journal of Pediatrics announced the rate that children swallow foreign objects has been rising sharply over the last 21 years. Children under the age of six accounts ...

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 ...