Video clips of teens playing dangerous games are easily accessible on many social media sites. Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images The “choking game” has potentially deadly consequences, as ...

BELLEVUE, Wash. - Kevin Tork of Bellevue died earlier this month playing the "choking game." Now his mother will appear on Friday's Today show to warn others about the dangerous activity that robbed ...

ATLANTA – At least 82 youth have died as a result of playing what has been called “the choking game,” according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in today’s ...

PHOENIX - At least four Arizona teenagers have died since January 2005 while playing the choking game that's sparking warning cries from parents, counselors and school officials. Two foundations ...

Based on the young adult novel Choke by Diana Lopez, Lifetime will be airing the movie “The Choking Game” this month, starring Freya Tingley (Jersey Boys, Once Upon a Time) who plays Taryn, a ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. Two years ago, Hayley Cunningham lost her cousin to a deadly game she’d never heard of.

CITYWIDE — Even if you’ve never heard of it, there’s a good chance your son or daughter has. Researchers say the “choking game,” a risky activity in which adolescents deprive their brains of oxygen by ...

Milwaukee police believe 10-year-old Thalian Curtis committed suicide when they showed up to his apartment to find him dead with a curtain wrapped tightly around his neck.But his devastated parents ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Steven Wolterning, Texas A&M University and Paige Williams, Texas A&M University (THE ...

The “choking game” has potentially deadly consequences, as players are challenged to temporarily strangle themselves by restricting oxygen to the brain. It sounds terrifying, but rough estimates ...