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Here, our expert optometrists provide insights on maintaining optimal eye health and vision. From regular eye exams to advanced treatments for glaucoma and cataracts, our articles cover a wide range of topics designed to keep your eyes healthy and your vision clear.

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How to Find the Best Eye Doctor in Boise

Nearly 2.2 billion people experience vision impairment globally. Having vision problems can affect your quality of life. You’re more likely to experience restrictions in your mobility and independence. What’s more,

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Utah’s Guide to Eye Health: Best Vitamins and Nutrients

Too many of us take our bodies and particularly our eyesight for granted, using them every day without much forethought. That’s until we are in a situation where we lose

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A woman is choosing and holding a contact lens for her eye.

The Complete Guide to Choosing Contact Lenses: Everything to Know

Around 45 million people in the United States wear contact lenses, according to estimates. The majority of people who wear contact lenses are female (two-thirds of wearers), while the average

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A woman is having her eye examined by an optometrist for early signs of cataracts.

Five Early Signs of Cataracts And What To Do

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that cataracts cause 51% of blindness in the world. If you have cataracts, it’s important that you get treatment as soon as you can. Cataracts tend

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A person's finger with a small soft contact lens on it.

See Me Now?: The Different Types of Contact Lenses, Explained

About 79% of adults use some form of vision correction. That’s right, if you need glasses or contact lenses, you’re in the majority! Did you know that there are different

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A white bottle of contact lens cleaner with a blue lid next to it.

Contact Lens Cleaner: 5 Steps to Effectively Cleaning Your Lens

Approximately 40-90% of contact lens wearers don’t properly follow care instructions. Serious infections that lead to blindness affect 1 out of every 500 of them every year. One of them,

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A woman is putting multifocal contact lenses on her eye.

The Benefits of Multifocal Contact Lenses

Did you know that over 2 billion people have refractive vision errors? That’s 25% of the world’s population! While glasses and contact lenses are the most common methods of correcting

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A close-up of a person's eye with an astigmatism.

What Is an Astigmatism? Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

Studies show that 14 million Americans are visually impaired. Many of these people with vision problems have uncorrected impairments and could benefit from things like eyeglasses or contact lenses. However, there

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A yellow sign pointing to the options: contact lenses vs glasses.

Contact Lenses vs. Glasses: What Are the Differences?

Are you trying to decide whether to get contact lenses or glasses? It might surprise you that around 93 million US adults are at risk of severe vision loss. That’s

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A woman laying in bed with her contacts in, her hands covering her eyes.

Can You Sleep With Contacts In?

Almost one-third of contact-wearers admit to falling asleep with their contacts in. Although they are convenient and comfortable to wear during the day, contacts can feel like a nuisance before bed. When you’re

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A young woman is being examined by an optometrist for the difference between nearsightedness and farsightedness.

What Is the Difference Between Nearsighted and Farsighted?

More than 40% of the United States population needs prescription glasses. It’s estimated that one-third of the world’s population’s nearsighted. It’s more common to be nearsighted than farsighted, but both

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A man is at an eye doctor appointment, looking into a woman's eye.

7 Signs You Need to Make an Eye Doctor Appointment

In the United States, around 93 million adults are at high risk for serious vision loss. Despite this fact, only half of them visited an eye doctor in the past

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