Excess TV Linked to More Nighttime Bathroom Trips

A new study indicates that people who spend too much time watching videos may be more likely to wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom.
Excess TV Linked to More Nighttime Bathroom Trips
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Do you wake up excessively during the middle of the night to go to the bathroom? The reason could be the amount of television you watch during the day.

A new study indicates that people who spend too much time watching videos may be more likely to wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. The findings, published in Neurology and Urodynamics, indicated that people who spent more time watching movies, TV, or online videos were almost 50 percent more likely to experience nocturia, or the need to urinate multiple times during the night.
A.C. Dahnke
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A.C. Dahnke is a freelance writer and editor residing in California. She has covered community journalism and health care news for nearly a decade, winning a California Newspaper Publishers Award for her work.
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