The Eye Digest provides free access to the latest medical information on diseases of the eye in an attempt to empower people to take control of their vision health, while educating them on the importance and need for further medical advances.

The Eye Digest is published by The University of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary - an institution with 150 years of tradition of excellence. Formerly, 'The Eye Digest' was published as 'AgingEye Times'.

All 'Eye Digest' content has been written by American Board of Ophthalmology certified and US licensed practicing ophthalmologists. The intent of the authors of this website is to provide free access to credible information on eye diseases while de-linking any personal or professional benefits.

In keeping with that philosophy, there is no commercial activity or advertising on this website. In addition, the entire effort is on a voluntary basis and no salaries or monies are paid. The website content draws heavily upon the public domain resources of the National Eye Institute, the Medline database and published articles in peer reviewed journals. Our aim is to provide evidence-based medical information by careful analysis of the data in published journal articles. We strictly avoid personal bias or unsupported opinions.

Our privacy policy is very simple. We do not collect, store, analyze, sell or track any personal information.

Information contained in the website should in no way be thought of as specific medical advice. You must understand that in all research studies final conclusions are made by pooling data from many patients. Therefore, while as a generalization the recommendations serve as useful guidelines and are applicable to a majority of patients, they cannot substitute the specific medical advice that you will receive from your physician. There are many unique characteristics for every patient that influences specific medical decision and management strategy. For example, while the normal eye pressure is within the range of 12 to 20 mmHg, it cannot be assumed that just because your eye pressure is within the normal ramge, there is no possibility of you having glaucoma. Some patients have pressure within this range and still have relentless glaucoma.

Medicine is as much an art as it is science and the art is learned over several decades of learning from mentors. No informational website can substitute for that learning process. By knowing and researching your condition, you will be an informed patient and thus would be able to better understand the complicated medical decisions about your care. We hope that we are able to contribute to that extent with the information contained in this website.

While we have taken great care to ensure that information in this website is accurate and current, we would appreciate feedback on any errors that may have crept in.

Thank you for visiting The Eye Digest

Sandeep Jain, MD
Dimitri Azar, MD

Editors,
The Eye Digest
University of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary
1855 W. Taylor Street M/C 648
Chicago, IL 60612
Tel: (312) 996-6590