Scrolling on your smartphone while on the toilet may be doing more than passing the time. A new study has found it could raise your risk of hemorrhoids by nearly 50%, thanks to the extra minutes spent ...

Sitting for a long time on the toilet could lead to bothersome hemorrhoids. Scrolling on a smartphone is likely to keep you there longer than intended. (NBC News; Getty Images) Of all the crappy ways ...

Share on Pinterest Hemorrhoids are common, but spending less time on the toilet with your phone can help lower your risk. Danil Nevsky/Stocksy New research suggests that people who use their phone ...

Using smartphones on the toilet increases the risk of hemorrhoids, warns new research. Scrolling while sitting on the loo led to a 46% higher likelihood of developing the painful problem - also known ...

Compared with those who said they had never used a smartphone on the toilet, the researchers found that the smartphone users ...

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 ...

I love browsing TikTok while I’m doing my business. Will this give me constipation or hemorrhoids? For many, bathroom breaks ...

These days, scrolling through your phone while sitting on the toilet has become a nearly universal habit. Whether you’re catching up on messages, watching videos, reading the news, or just passing the ...

When you're constipated in can be tempting to sit on the toilet for as long as it takes, however here's when you should call it quits. I think we can all agree that going number two without any ...

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