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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Media outlets are reporting that a California teen who died entangled in a Bowflex exercise machine had been playing "the choking game." In the two years since we reported in-depth on the crazy, ...

Sixteen percent of Sam Houston State University students responding to a survey about “The Choking Game” reported to having played the dumb-ass, potentially fatal game. The Crime Victims’ Institute ...

(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 CONVERSATION) 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 ...

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