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Computers Linked to Glaucoma?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the how-crap-now-i'm-doomed dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Maybe we should have listened to our parents and gone outside instead of playing video games. In newly published study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, heavy computer users were 74% more likely to develop visual field problems as compared baseline in a group of 10,202 randomly selected workers. Furthermore, heavy computer users were found to be 81% more likely to develop glaucoma."

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  1. Re:Woo Hoo! by greg_barton · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What you are thinking only helps Glaucoma in the sense that the pressure on the eye is somewhat (temporarily) relieved.

    Yeah, and we all know that temporarily alleviating a problem is completely useless and never a good thing.

    Damn. Guess I've got to toss all my ibuprofin, asprin, blood pressure meds, cholesterol meds, vitamins... You know, all that stuff you've got to take repeatedly to have any benefit.

    Oh, and all that food I have to eat every few hours to, you know, live.