Health Updates-July 2010

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Pediatrics:

Accidental Battery-Ingestions on the Rise in Children and Can be Fatal
Pediatrics, 6 June 2010
Recent cases suggest that severe and fatal button battery ingestions are increasing and current treatment may be inadequate.There has been a 6.7-fold increase in the percentage of button battery ingestions with major or fatal outcomes from 1985 to 2009 (National Poison [...]