Signs and Symptoms of Excessive Thyroid Function
Someone with hyperthyroidism – an over-active thyroid gland – may experience some or all of the following symptoms. The same caution about symptoms of hypothyroidism applies here; these symptoms alone [more…]
Medications to Watch Out For in Thyroid Conditions
Certain drugs can interact with your thyroid hormone to negatively affect your thyroid function. These are just a few commonly used medications that can affect your thyroid: [more…]
Maximising Your Thyroid Health
You can take action to improve your thyroid health. If you’re concerned that you have – or may have – a problem with your thyroid, you should bear in mind the following advice: [more…]
Thyroid For Dummies Cheat Sheet (UK Edition)
Thyroid problems affect around 4.5 million people in the UK. If you suffer from a thyroid condition, this Cheat Sheet is here to help you to recognise and manage your symptoms, and avoid the triggers that [more…]
Ten Applications of Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP)
How can you use NLP in your day-to-day life for personal development? Here are ten suggestions to get you thinking about applying NLP in your own life. Choose what will make a difference to you: [more…]
Personal Development All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet (UK Edition)
While working on personal development, having some key information on hand can be invaluable. Keep these useful reminders and guidelines at the ready to assist you in your self-improvement. [more…]
Major Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease
Several factors help determine whether you face a high risk of developing heart disease. You can manage many of these risk factors to help prevent coronary artery disease and the attendant problems. Do [more…]
Guidelines for Heart-Healthy Nutrition
If you have heart disease or want to prevent it, paying attention to what you eat is crucial. The tips in the following list point to the basic requirements for a heart-friendly diet: [more…]
How to Manage Risk Factors for Heart Disease
Minimizing your chance of developing heart disease is a matter of common sense and incorporating heart-healthy activities into your life. The following list contains five keys to a heart-healthy lifestyle [more…]
Promoting Heart Health with a Physical Activity Program
To keep your heart healthy and disease-free, you have to exercise it — after all, the heart is a muscle. And if you already have a heart problem, maintaining an exercise program recommended by your medical [more…]
Tips for Lowering Stress to Prevent Heart Disease
Stress is known to be bad for your health — especially your heart. To minimize stress and maximize a heart-friendly lifestyle, use the following suggestions: [more…]
Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Heart Disease
When you're being evaluated for heart disease or any other condition, asking the questions in the following list can help you get the information you need: [more…]
Warning Signs of Heart Attack
Acknowledging the warning signs of a heart attack can be clouded by fear, denial, or unawareness. If you experience warning signs of a heart attack — even if you've never had any sign of heart trouble [more…]
Heart Disease For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Even thinking about heart disease is no fun, but preventing it from happening in the first place (or managing heart disease if you do develop it) is often a matter of controlling your risk factors, eating [more…]
Complementary Medicine Safety Tips
Practising complementary medicine at home requires some planning and preparation. If you decide to try out any form of complementary therapy for yourself, first consider the following: [more…]
Choosing the Right Complementary Therapy for You
Wondering which complementary therapy is the one for you? Here’s a handy guide to the sorts of therapies that are particularly appropriate for certain conditions: [more…]
Complementary Medicine For Dummies Cheat Sheet (UK Edition)
Interested in complementary medicine and wanting to find out more? Use this Cheat Sheet to get to grips with the different varieties of complementary therapies and how to pick the right one for you. Ensure [more…]
Child Psychology & Development For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Kids grow and develop in many ways. For the people who choose to care for children — from parents to teachers to childcare workers – keeping tabs on normal childhood development, spotting signs of trouble [more…]
Foot Reflexology Map
Your feet are full of acupressure and reflexology points. The following illustration shows each foot and its reflexology sites. Note that the feet are not mirror images of each other when it comes to reflexology [more…]
Acupressure Meridians
The human body channels energy (chi) along meridians, or pathways. These meridians have both yin and yang components, based on the direction of the energy flow on the body. The following table identifies [more…]
Acupressure and Reflexology For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Acupressure is mostly a matter of working with meridians, or energy centers of the body — and the human body has a number of meridians to work with. Those meridians are echoed in the feet, and a foot reflexology [more…]
Herbal Remedies for Common Conditions
If you're looking for an alternative to over-the-counter or prescription drugs for some common conditions that eventually affect everyone, try these herbal remedies to ease symptoms and maintain a healthier [more…]
Substitutes for Rare and Endangered Herbs
Interest in herbal medicine has dramatically increased, and along with the destruction of habitat, encroaching development, and commercial overharvesting, some healing herbs have become endangered. You [more…]
Herbal Substitutes for Common Medications
If you're looking for an herbal remedy as an alternative for some common medications, take a look at this chart to see what can be substituted. See your doctor or herbalist about persistent, serious conditions [more…]
A Dosage Guide for Herbal Remedies
The following table gives you information on dosage recommendations for herbal remedies. This chart is to help you make informed choices and is not a substitute for expert medical advice or treatment, [more…]
