This is nothing new. I was taught this 30 years ago + in nursing school. Are the Drs just figuring this out? Really? EMT's know this too- they are the ones trying to get people unlogged from the spaces between the toilet and the sink or bathtub, God bless them.

The study also looked at the genetic component, finding that genetic factors likely play a role in the development of both constipation and many major cardiac events." There will soon be a new medical specialty, POOPOLOGISTS? Many, I've personally known some, have fatal heart attacks while on the toilet.