Tag: Best Rehab Centers

By Dr G Om Prakasham Chairman, Lotus Wellness Senior Consultant, Cardiac Surgery Addiction affects the family. It’s easy to think of the ways drug addiction affects the person using substances. As addiction progresses, the impact only gets worse with time. There can be short- and long-term health effects, loss of jobs, increasing financial troubles, and run-ins with the law. Living…

Dr G Om Prakasham Chairman, Lotus Wellness Consultant Cardiac Surgeon Addiction professionals the world over say they’re working toward ending stigma surrounding addiction, but they also tend to promote addiction as a disease. These activities are contradictory. By promoting addiction as a disease they play into the general tendency to perceive in-groups (“normal or non addict”) and out-groups…

By Dr G Om Prakasham Chairman, Lotus Wellness Senior Consultant, Cardiac Surgery Drug and alcohol addiction impacts quality of life for those afflicted. Their relationships, employment, and health are just a few areas affected. Social workers treat addiction as trained professionals equipped to handle the behavioral and chemical dynamics associated with substance abuse. Simply put, this treatment can be pivotal in helping…

By Dr G Om Prakasham Chairman, Lotus Wellness Consultant Cardiac Surgeon The liver is resilient and can regenerate itself by developing new cells. Each time a person drinks an alcoholic beverage, the liver filters the alcohol, liver cells die, and new cells develop. However, prolonged heavy drinking can gradually reduce the liver’s ability to regenerate itself, leading to permanent liver…