Reading on the toilet is something many people do, but the time-sucking powers of smartphones may have us sitting on the ceramic stool for an unhealthy amount of time.

A new study has found that those who use their phones on the toilet face a 46 percent increased risk for hemorrhoids – swollen veins in the lower rectum, thought to be caused by too much pressure.

A participant's age, sex, body mass, exercise, or fiber intake did not have an impact on the results.

We're still uncovering the many ways smartphones and our modern way of life impact our health," says senior author and gastroenterologist Trisha Satya Pasricha of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

"It's possible that how and where we use them – such as while in the bathroom – can have unintended consequenc

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