Vision For Life Blog

Like many emerging technologies, online eye exams have advantages and disadvantages. The primary advantage is convenience: patients can complete the exam in their own home without going to a medical office.[…]

Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Gregory House, The Mentalist, Psych detective Shawn Spencer—much of the appeal of these larger-than-life brainiac characters comes from their ability to notice mundane details. These details seem perfectly innocuous and routine to the rest of us, but the characters then connect those details to much broader and more […]

We rely on our sense of sight more than any other sense. At Bard Optical, we strive for “Vision for life”—including all stages of life. While aging does come with some unavoidable vision issues, many are preventable.[…]

Eyesight is one of the most important ways we interact with the world, playing a significant role in learning, social interaction, and daily activities. As the American population ages, adapting to low vision or blindness will become increasingly necessary. The National Eye Institute predicts that “between 2010 and 2050, the estimated […]

If you missed Godsmack in concert with Shinedown at the end of September, or country music legend Keith Urban on October 12, there are many terrific musical acts coming to Central Illinois later this fall. With holiday shows like the Nutcracker and Disney on Ice Presents Frozen, as well as Rivermen Hockey and Bradley Basketball on the […]

Fall is here with all the cozy and colorful traditions of the season. While there’s that lovely crispness in the air, make sure that your vision has the same crispness with a vision check-up. You’ve cleared the corn maze, made it through the haunted house, gone apple picking, and taken a hayrack ride. One thing you might overlook is […]

When it comes to food, fall is the time to feast. It’s not hard as you think to incorporate eye-healthy ingredients, starting with the star of October itself—the pumpkin.[…]

"Vision is our dominant sense," according to Thomas Politzer, O.D., and former NORA President of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association. Humans rely on eyesight more than most other animals. Losing vision can cause many patients to journey through Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's stages of grief. The Mayo Clinic points out that potential […]

October is “Home Eye Safety Month.” The Foundation Fighting Blindness cites a figure of 125,000 accidents per year involving products commonly found in the home. Avoid becoming part of that statistic by avoiding these four danger zones. A staggering 9 out of 10 eye injuries are preventable with proper precaution ahead of time.[…]

Simply staring into someone’s eyes for too long can make us feel creepy. But there are many more spooky situations involving eyes. Imagine staring into eyes shaped like the letter “W.” Here are five spooky facts involving eyes you can use to give your friends the creeps at your next Halloween party.[…]