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Blue light glasses have 'virtually no effect' on eye strain caused by staring at a screen, new study finds

Whenever I need to update my glasses, they always push the blue light filter option when learning I spend a lot of my day on a computer. I've always been led to believe that would help reduce eye strain and headaches. Some even claimed it can help improve your sleep (how, I don't sleep with my glasses on!).

Turns out all that is actually a lie. A new study found that, when compared to regular lenses, blue light glasses don't help with visual performance, protect eyes or boost sleep quality.

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For all of the hype surrounding them, blue light glasses have been controversial, with many doctors arguing that they don’t live up to the claims. Now there’s a new study that suggests these glasses don’t do much of anything.

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glasses, eye, optometry, health, blue light, english

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