I normally dont post new articles, just asking C++ questions in the programmign section. But I ran acrossed this article and thought it was interesting.
Spending hours staring at a computer screen may raise the risk of glaucoma, a progressive eye disease that can lead to blindness, scientists believe.
The results emerged from a study in Japan of 10,000 workers with an average age of 43. It found a statistical link between heavy computer use and eye problems that presage glaucoma. The problems were more common among staff with existing vision defects such as short-sight or long-sight.
Kind of scary, cuz I have fairly bad eyes and they always seem to get worse with every visit to the doctors office. :-\
Here a link to the full article
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/news/38198.html

-Ep