Your Phone on the Toilet Might Be a Pain in the Butt
Hemorrhoids—swollen veins that can hurt and bleed—affect millions of people every year. In the U.S., they lead to around 4 million doctor trips and cost over $800 million. For a long time, people guessed that using your phone while sitting on the toilet could make hemorrhoids worse, but there wasn’t solid proof. Now, a new study changes that.
