Children beware, computers can seriously damage your health

According to the researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy, the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, in the United States computers can damage the health and computer-related injuries are on the increase - with young children particularly at risk.

The researchers say back pain, blurred vision and mouse-related injuries are now commonly accepted and well-documented hazards of long-term computer use, but the number of acute injuries connected to computers is rising rapidly.

Researchers also say that there has been over seven times more computer-related injuries due to tripping over computer equipment, head injuries due to computer monitor falls and other physical incidents.

The study is published in the July 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive.