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$2M in hospital costs linked to swallowed foreign objects - FierceHealthcare

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People with a consuming passion about swallowing odd foreign objects indulge in a costly habit. An eight-year retrospective study conducted by doctors at Rhode Island Hospital and published in... Read more...

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33 people generated $2 million in unnecessary #hospital costs by swallowing objects that weren't food... http://ow.ly/33jZR #GI #cost #weird

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