YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Yokota Middle School officials last week began an effort to stop teens from experimenting with “the choking game” after discovering some students were participating in ...

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 ...

A Raleigh high school student is trying to warn teenagers about the dangers of the "choking game" that killed her childhood friend. Kris Marceno, a sophomore at Enloe High School, died Nov. 2 playing ...

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 ...

ATLANTA -- At least 82 youths have died from the so-called "choking game," according to the first government count of fatalities from the fad. In the game, children use dog leashes or bungee cords ...

Joe and Bobbi Jo Marceno said other parents need to be aware of the "game" that killed their 15-year-old son two weeks ago. Kris Marceno, a sophomore at Enloe High School, died Nov. 2 playing the ...

(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 ...