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A computer has become an indispensable tool in not only our work, but even our home environment today. No longer an extravagance, computers have become a crucial constituent of our everyday life, for most of us. This is a sign of our changing culture, but then this variation has merged beautifully in our current life style. Nevertheless, just as we can hurt ourselves by misusing drugs and alcohol, we can harm our health by overusing or abusing our computers too. In fact there is a very menacing side of computing. Here, we are not deliberating about hackers or viruses, but we are talking about the physical harm which computers can do to our body. And mind it these risks are so grave, that any one who reads about them could even decide to do away with his computer for the rest of his life.

Individuals who use computers for more than two hours a day are susceptible to Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS). The high-risk groups include software, graphics, design engineers, writers, as well as those who ‘surf’ the internet for recreational purposes.

A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty , Narayana Hrudayalaya
( Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees .
The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone.