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Letter: Is print or digital best while on the toilet? (1)

Published 24 September 2025

From Steve Tunnicliff, Long Clawson, Leicestershire, UK

You report research that says smartphone use on the toilet may increase the risk of haemorrhoids by nearly 50 per cent. That leaves me to assume, or at least hope, that crosswords and printed magazines are more benign(13 September, p 10).

Issue no. 3562 published 27 September 2025

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