Hexagonal shaped magnetic beads retrieved from the boy's stomach. Children have problems with ingesting foreign objects like coins, magnets and small toys into their gastrointestinal tracts. In a ...

It was a real stick-to-your-ribs meal. Doctors were flabbergasted after discovering that a four-year-old’s “colicky” pain turned out to be caused by a magnetic bracelet that he’d swallowed. “We ...

YORK, England, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Randomized placebo controlled trials say copper bracelets or magnetic wrist straps do little to reduce osteoarthritis pain, British researchers said. The study, ...

Copper bracelets and magnet wrist straps have no real effect on pain, swelling, or disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis, according to new findings. Copper bracelets and magnet wrist straps have ...

Copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps are ineffective in relieving arthritis pain, according to a new study. Researchers conducted the first randomized placebo-controlled trial on the use of both ...

A post on July 13 by the Facebook page “L-Nitomaey.A” claims that magnetic therapy bracelets improve the sperm count of an individual. This is false. There are no scientific studies that support the ...

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