image: Among users, frequency of smartphone use on the toilet. view more Credit: Ramprasad et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Survey participants who reported using a smartphone while on the toilet had a higher risk of hemorrhoids than non-users. Chethan Ramprasad of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, U.S., and colleagues present these findings in a new study in …
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The health risk linked to scrolling too long while on the toilet – The Washington Post
The health risk linked to scrolling too long while on the toilet The Washington Post Using the phone while you poop greatly raises hemorrhoid risk, new study says CNN Smartphone overuse linked to a new pain the butt: hemorrhoids NBC News Set a two TikTok toilet limit to reduce haemorrhoid risk, doctors advise The Guardian Doing this on the toilet raises your risk of …
Read More »Can you catch diseases from toilet seats?
There are more effective interventions, says Paddy, like making toilet bowls with shields that go between the bowl and the seat. Currently, these are largely used in healthcare settings to protect nurses and doctors from patients’ flushed pathogens, says Paddy. There are also air sprays that have been demonstrated to be effective in sanitising the air and surfaces in bathrooms, therefore helping …
Read More »Woman Went to Use the Bathroom. What She Found in the Toilet Landed Her in the ER for a Rabies Shot (Exclusive) – AOL.com
Woman Went to Use the Bathroom. What She Found in the Toilet Landed Her in the ER for a Rabies Shot (Exclusive) AOL.comView Full Coverage on Google News Source link
Read More »PowerWash Simulator 2 Has You Dig (and Clean) a Dirty Toilet Out of a Town Square
Pull on your gloves and ready your hose: PowerWash Simulator 2 approaches, and so far it’s looking ultra-polished (in a gloriously unhygienic kind of way.) I had an absolute ball of a time revisiting Muckingham to correct the townsfolk’s filthy ways. In the niche of “oddly satisfying” games, its predecessor PowerWash Simulator (and its oodles of DLC) already blasts away …
Read More »Airplane Toilet Misunderstanding Leads To Air Traffic Control Emergency
This has to be one of the most hilarious cases of miscommunication that I’ve seen between pilots and air traffic controllers, as flagged by PYOK. TAP Air Portugal toilet problem mistaken for pilot emergency This incident happened on a recent TAP Air Portugal flight between Lisbon, Portugal (LIS), and Nice, France (NCE). The flight was operated by a 106-seat Embraer …
Read More »I contracted a virus from a friend’s toilet that caused sepsis… here is why you need to be careful
A woman has issued a stark warning about using shared bathrooms after contracting a dangerous virus that left her with sepsis and took her almost a year to recover from. JaMarriae Lawrence, who goes by Mars, was working overnight at a Walmart distribution center in Virginia last year when she was hit with a ‘sudden, excruciating’ pain in her stomach. Mars, who lives in …
Read More »Aaron Rodgers has a rather odd toilet rule during Steelers training camp
Sharing a dorm room with Aaron Rodgers apparently means not only worrying about conspiracy theories and ayahuasca chatter, but strict toilet rules. Training camp roommate DK Metcalf revealed the new Steelers quarterback set a rule regarding when either party is allowed to flush the toilet at night. “The toilet is super loud,” Metcalf said to Yahoo Sports on Thursday. “So …
Read More »Say goodbye to toilet paper, its replacement has arrived, and it’s much more effective.
Environmental awareness grows daily as we discover the impact of our everyday choices. One household item now under scrutiny is toilet paper – a product many consider essential but which creates significant ecological problems. The future is bringing sustainable alternatives that promise to revolutionize personal hygiene while protecting our planet. This shift represents one of many examples of artificial changes in …
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