Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images / Klaus Vedfelt A well-running toilet is essential to a bathroom that's clean, useful, and odor-free. But toilets ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leave your devices behind when you head to the bathroom, doctors say, warning too much time spent on the toilet can cause possible ...

A survey of 125 adults found a 46% higher risk of hemorrhoids among those who use a smartphone while sitting on the toilet compared to those who don't. One key factor was time spent on the toilet, ...

Experts warn that sitting on the toilet for more than 10 minutes can increase the risk of hemorrhoids and weaken pelvic muscles.It might seem like a harmless way to pass the time when you’re going ...

To flush or not to flush. That was the question that designers and ecologists were asking each other this week as hundreds of people — who spend a lot of time thinking about these things — convened ...

Think sitting on the toilet for a long time is harmless? Think again. Doctors are warning that spending more than 10 minutes on the toilet — especially while scrolling through your phone — could be ...

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 ...

Presciently, the high-end Japanese bathroom-fixtures manufacturer Toto chose a time when the economy is circling the drain to launch its newest product — a $5,000 commode with a super-efficient flush.

We use our smartphones just about everywhere, even in the bathroom, although we may not want to talk about that. A recent study of colonoscopy patients revealed that most used their phones on the ...

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A well-running toilet is essential to a bathroom that's clean, useful, and odor-free. But toilets aren't invincible. Like other parts of the home, toilets need intermittent repairs, especially to ...

(CNN) - Let’s be honest — people have a habit of bringing their phones to the bathroom. I’ve been guilty of it myself, and chances are that someone is on the toilet reading this article right now. A ...