IN A NUTSHELL 📱 Recent studies reveal a 46% increase in hemorrhoid risk due to smartphone use in bathrooms. 🛀 Prolonged sitting on toilets with smartphones is linked to increased health risks. 📊 Data shows that 37.3% of users spend over five minutes per bathroom visit. 💡 Experts recommend limiting bathroom smartphone use to under five minutes to reduce risks. …
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Using the phone while you poop greatly raises hemorrhoid risk, new study says
Facebook Tweet Email Link Jocelyn Solis-Moreira is a freelance health and science journalist based in New York. There’s nothing like shutting the bathroom door, maybe even locking it and hiding away from one’s family, even just for a few minutes. The toilet has long been a sanctuary to catch up on some light reading and, for the harried parent, a …
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