By Stephanie E Wu, MD
Peer Reviewed
You are not the only one if you find your vision becomes blurry or your eyes get irritated after hours staring at a computer screen. These symptoms may be a sign of computer vision syndrome (CVS), also known …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
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