Practical, source-backed articles from Dr. Gunnar Hansson, MD, a physician with a broad background in ophthalmology and dry eye training at Moorfields in London. New articles several times a week.
The edge of your eyelid is where dry eye is often won or lost, and most people have never cleaned it on purpose. Here is what lives there, why it matters, and a gentle way to keep it clear.
The knuckle goes in, the relief arrives, and a minute later the itch is back. Here is why rubbing feels so good, what it does to the eye, and the habits that give the same relief without the rub.
September 15, 2026 · 8 min readBy nine at night your eyes have worked fourteen hours and are still open. Here is the shape of an evening that gives them back some of what the day took.
September 13, 2026 · 8 min readMost screen breaks are not breaks at all for the eyes: the same close distance, the same held gaze. Here is what actually rests them, and how long it takes.
September 12, 2026 · 8 min readGlare does not dry your eyes. It makes you squint and hold the squint for hours, and that is its own cost by five o'clock, while the drying comes from the screen, half blinks and dry moving air.
September 10, 2026 · 8 min readA warm cloth over closed eyes is one of the few eye habits people keep. What decides whether it works is how long the warmth actually lasts, and the two steps that come after it.
September 9, 2026 · 8 min readFor many of us the last thing we see at night is a bright screen in a dark room. Here is what that does to your eyes, and how to scroll more kindly.
September 6, 2026 · 4 min readGaming holds your attention like almost nothing else, and your blinking pays for it. Here is why long sessions leave eyes burning, and the habits that help without costing you a match.
September 4, 2026 · 5 min readA novel can hold you for a whole evening, yet an hour of reading on a screen leaves eyes heavy. The difference is real, and it comes down to light, blinking and movement.
September 2, 2026 · 4 min readDark mode, font size, brightness: patients often ask which settings spare their eyes. Here is what each one really does, and the habit that matters more than all of them.
September 1, 2026 · 5 min readA day of back-to-back video calls can leave your eyes sandy, heavy and worn out. Here is why meetings are the hardest kind of screen time, and the small habits that help.
August 30, 2026 · 5 min readThe old rule says raise your screen to eye level. Your tear film would rather you kept it a little lower. Here is the geometry behind that, and a setup that suits both your eyes and your neck.
August 28, 2026 · 5 min read
