Dangers of Button Batteries in Fidget Spinners Urged
Pediatric doctors report two ingestion injuries from fidget spinner parts containing button batteries, including one requiring emergency surgery. They warn that easy-to-break toys and poorly marked packaging raise risk for young children and stress securing battery compartments.
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Yoseph Gurevich
Denver
Colorado
Gurevich
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center
New Hyde Park
New York
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSC
Athos Bousvaros
Boston Children’s Hospital
Bousvaros
Proper hand washing guide from Mayo Clinic expert
Mayo Clinic expert Dr. Gregory Poland urges proper hand washing for 20 seconds. He advises wetting hands, lathering between fingers and thumbs, scrubbing until sing Happy Birthday, rinsing, drying with a paper towel, and using the towel to turn off taps and open doors to prevent contamination.
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Gregory Poland
Mayo Clinic
Poland
Colorful healthy eating tips for fast food meals
Nutrition experts urge checking calories fat sodium and sugar in menus and choosing balanced combos. At Panda Express a kung pao chicken bowl with steamed vegetables totaled under 400 calories. They advise protein rich options smaller portions and avoiding lunch meat to curb sugar and salt while building bowls with salads as a base.
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Welstead
Panda Express
Doerfler
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