Another year up the mountain – my expression says it all!
Dr. Rotman is a corporate sponsor for Save Mt. Diablo, which protects natural lands and aids in the restoration of habitat and the preservation of rare species. To learn more about Save Mt. Diablo click here: http://www.savemountdiablo.org/
Another great year!!! The Mitzvah Milers raised $46K this year and $340K in their 8 years as a team for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
On November 21st Dr. Rotman will be giving a talk on Managing Insomnia and his Integrative Sleep Medicine Program at the John Muir Women’s Health Center in Walnut Creek.
Click on this link to register and attend:
http://www.johnmuirhealth.com/content/jmh/en/home/event-list/managing-insomnia.html#
The August 10, 2011 issue of Medical Economics Magazine featured Dr. Rotman’s comments about his Executive Care program and Executive Physicals
http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=734931&sk=&date=&pageID=5
Medical Economics Magazine featured Dr. Rotman’s comments on his Integrative Sleep Medicine Program in their August 25, 2011 issue. Read more here:
http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=736783&sk=&date=&pageID=4
For the first time ever in my career, I have received my entire allotment of influenza vaccine by the first week of August. After countless seasons of delays, shortages and confusion — the system finally worked! The current Center for Disease Control recommendation calls for everyone over the age of 6 months to receive the vaccine. They have done away with the concept of "high risk" groups. People of all ages benefit from influenza vaccination. As I always say "prevention is better than treatment!" So now is the time to contact the office to come in for your flu shot! Call us @ 925-296-9228.
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Dr. Rotman and Rhonda were featured in the August edition of Diablo Magazine! Dr. Rotman is a sponsor of the Diablo Regional Arts Association and he and Rhonda attended a sponsor luncheon on the Hoffman Theatre stage at the Lesher Center. Read more here: http://www.diablomag.com/digitaledition.html
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The horrors and destruction of war has often led to implementing medical innovations that can be life saving and of great benefit to society at large. This recent article from the Wall Street Journal illustrates this trend. The ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afganistan have led to thousands of combatants receiving traumatic brain injuries and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Both illnesses are not well treated by traditional Western Medicine. Unfortunately, we do not have good medicines for healing the brain or effectively alleviating the symptoms of these syndromes. As this article discusses, military doctors are using acupuncture to safely and effectively treat these injured soldiers.
The successful use of acupuncture in the military illustrates another point that I am fond of discussing: how healthcare is financed dictates how it is practiced. Acupuncture is not paid for by Medicare, Medicaid or the vast majority of private insurance policies. Consequently, acupuncture is underutilized in our country. Both the Department of Defense and the Department of Veteran’s Affairs provide healthcare outside of an insurance model. If it works, they provide it. Something to think about.
"Can Needles Soothe Wounded Warriors?" from the 4/23/11 Wall Street Journal:
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Why have a blog? Why not — everyone else has one! In 2011, blogging is part of the “standard of care” for expressing one’s thoughts to others. For a physician, a blog can expand the role of individual communication to reach many people with important information regarding health issues. Given the pace of medical change and reporting of medical topics in the media, a blog can offer a “rapid-fire” response method for commenting on the vast flow of medical information that washes over us, as well as disseminating a distinct viewpoint amid a crowded sea of opinions.
My goal is to further the guiding philosophy of my practice. I want all of my patients to live active, productive and happy lives for as long as possible. I strongly believe that maintaining the ability to keep moving and exercising remains a key ingredient in this quest. The blog will prominently feature some of my areas of interest that relate to this objective including sleep and its role in maintaining health, pain relief techniques including acupuncture, as well as novel techniques for keeping the blood vessels healthy to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attack and death.
As we begin this journey together, I welcome feedback, comments and suggestions for blog topics. Be forewarned, I cannot practice medicine over the internet. I will not describe patient cases, nor can I give medical advice to specific individuals. This is a forum for general education, not a substitute for private physician-patient communication. That stated, let’s begin and see what happens…
