Nebraska Husker Gets Iron Deficiency From Double Red
Nebraska Husker Double Go Big Red!Disclosure: Dr. Aaronson is from Connecticut. He was a superfan of the Huskies but switched to loving the Huskers after emigrating to Nebraska. We don’t have any professional teams here, and therefore many Nebraskans are Husker college football fans, even those who have attended Creighton. During football season you hear [...]
Communicating with Your Doctor Better. How Busy Patients Can Have a Share of Voice to Improve Their Service Experience.
The bottom of our feedback form includes a “CAPTCHA Code” to ensure you are human!*Our Vision: delivering the highest quality care at the lowest cost with a service experience we all would desire for our families and ourselves. Are we setting the bar too high with our vision statement? I don’t think so. If you [...]
To Code or Not to Code. Should Physicians Become AAPC Certified Professional Coders (CPC)?
Dr. Aaronson proudly displays his certification showing he has passed the Certified Professional Coder Examination granted by the authority of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). Interviewer: Dr. Aaronson, you have maintained your credentials and are Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology. As you know, becoming a professional certified coder requires hours [...]
Use Android Calendar Software with GoDaddy Using CalDAV. Also, Google Android App Alternatives, and Why You Should Use Them.
So you are trying to decrease your dependence on Google products. You have read the related articles below and made the switch to GoDaddy Email and Calendar software. You have regained much of your privacy back and are loving the feeling of freedom. Yes, you have spent some money, but as we are learning from [...]
Do Not Track. An Internet Privacy Tool that Should be in Your Arsenal to Avoid Company Tracking
GoDaddy email and calendar software does not track you. Google Calendar and Gmail does. How do I know? I use a tool called Do Not Track Plus (click for the Mozilla Firefox Plugin). Please check out the figure above. Note that in the upper right hand corner of the screen the Do Not Track Program [...]
Do I Have White Coat Hypertension? 24 Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Explained.
“My blood pressure is normal at home but high at the clinic.” I hear this all the time. Blood pressure reduction is one of the most important, evidence based, proven strategies you can do to improve your health. Data suggests that for every 20 point drop in the top number of the blood pressure equation [...]
Google is a Monopoly. So Subscribe to Blog with Cellphone. Use Twitter to Follow the Blog. Feedburner Alternatives.
Tweet! Tweet! The memories you gave to me… (Soap box starts here: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Times have changed. The shroud of the Dark Side has fallen. Begun, the Clone War has. I know not who is friend nor my enemy. I seek refuge in the desolate world of Hoth (aka, Omaha, Nebraska), covered in ice and snow. [...]
Opensource Chat: Talk Using Jabber the Google Talk Alternative. IM (Instant Messenger) on Android with Xabber, on Blackberry with IMplus. Here’s How to do it.
Chatting with friends is very fun. You don’t need Windows Live, AIM, Google Talk, or Yahoo! Messenger. You just need jabber. The sign up process is different than you may be used to. First using your web browser go to jabber.org. Sign up for an account. Shown is my sign up screen below: Register a [...]
Calcium Citrate is More Readily Absorbed Than Other Forms of Calcium
Calcium Citrate is More Readily Absorbed than other forms of Calcium from Michael Aaronson MD on Vimeo. Share this story: Diaspora* Learn more: www.michaelaaronsonmd.com.
Am I a Great Doctor?
Well, I think I am. But what should we define as “great”? Critical to the doctor patient interaction is a sense of trust. You as the patient should like my bedside manner and feel comfortable with my taking care of you. But what about my competence as a kidney doctor? That question becomes harder to answer.

