Yale Daily News

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Less sleep may increase risk of eye damage

Staff Reporter
Published Wednesday, December 5, 2007

For many Yalies, sleep falls pretty low on the to-do list, especially during final exam week. But finals involve more than just stress and 20-page papers: Yale researchers and national experts say late-night studying habits may put students — especially those with contact lenses — at added risk for eye damage.

But even for students with perfect vision, staring at a computer screen or textbook for hours on end, as many Yalies do during exams, can take a toll on the eyes, Daniel Salchow, a professor of ophthalmology at the Yale School of Medicine, said.

“Looking at an object...

#1 By an apparition 9:34a.m. on February 8, 2008

this article has been on the front of the yaledailynews.com/news for over two months now.

just sayin'!

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