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Title: MDs warn teens: Don't take the cinnamon challenge
Post by: riky on April 22, 2013, 09:00:20 AM
MDs warn teens: Don't take the cinnamon challenge

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mds-warn-teens-dont-cinnamon-challenge-044041555.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NjijxrBoWPuQCQqdNJXzHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2d38ae296925af0d2f0f6a7067000d60.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated photo provided by Frederick Reed shows Dejah Reed, an Ypsilanti, Mich., teen who was hospitalized for a collapsed lung after trying the cinnamon challenge. A new report from doctors to be published Monday, April 22, 2013, advises against taking the challenge that involves daring someone to swallow a spoonful of ground cinnamon in 60 seconds without water. The fad depicted in wildly popular YouTube videos has led to hospitalizations and a surge in calls to U.S. poison centers. (AP Photo/Frederick Reed)" align="left" title="This undated photo provided by Frederick Reed shows Dejah Reed, an Ypsilanti, Mich., teen who was hospitalized for a collapsed lung after trying the cinnamon challenge. A new report from doctors to be published Monday, April 22, 2013, advises against taking the challenge that involves daring someone to swallow a spoonful of ground cinnamon in 60 seconds without water. The fad depicted in wildly popular YouTube videos has led to hospitalizations and a surge in calls to U.S. poison centers. (AP Photo/Frederick Reed)" border="0" /></a>CHICAGO (AP) â€" Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos but which has led to hospitalizations and a surge in calls to U.S. poison centers.</p><br clear="all"/>

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