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Articles & Books From General Physical Health & Well-Being
Don't let the medical system push you around—empower yourself to take the lead Feel more in control of your medical care and learn how to be your own advocate with Patient Advocacy For Dummies! Managing your own health care—or a loved one's—can be daunting, especially if you are diagnosed with a serious illness.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 04-21-2025
Being a participant in your care isn’t about pushing your doctor around or being demanding — it’s about understanding that you have a right to safe, accurate, and effective care. Whether you’re paying with insurance or out-of-pocket, you’re investing in a service, and like any consumer, you have the right to expect a standard of quality.
Reduce stress, relieve pain, and improve your overall health with somatic exercise Are you ready to relax, feel, and move better? Do you want to reduce anxiety, eliminate stress, and release tension in a healthy and natural way? Then grab a copy of Somatic Exercise For Dummies and start healing yourself from within!
Improve your health, your productivity, and your relationships—with sleep!In a world constantly on the move, it's not surprising that more and more people aren't sleeping as much as they'd like. Sleep For Dummies helps you understand the foundations of sleep and how it impacts our everyday lives. With easy-to-understand explanations and simple strategies you can start using today, this book will help you get the most out of your sleep hours.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-11-2025
The Sleep For Dummies book offers the tools to understand the science of sleep, tackle common sleep disorders, and build better sleep habits to improve nights — and feel refreshed during the day. This handy Sleep For Dummies Cheat Sheet provides quick, essential information for reference anytime, whether troubleshooting sleep issues or looking for ways to optimize sleep habits.
A complete guide to total wellness, for women of all ages Women's Health All-in-One For Dummies is a guide to health, healing, balance, and prevention at every age. Improve your own health and help close the gender health gap by learning everything you need to navigate bias in the healthcare system and advocate for your own wellness.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-11-2025
Hormone imbalances occur when your body’s delicate chemical messengers — responsible for regulating everything from mood and metabolism to energy and reproductive health — are out of sync. Left untreated, these imbalances can lead to serious health issues and affect your overall quality of life.This Cheat Sheet offers quick, practical tools and essential tips to help you identify symptoms, make informed choices, and develop habits that support your hormones.
Achieve balance and improve your health, mood, vitality and energy from within Hormones are your body's chemical “messengers,” the regulators of essential functions like metabolism, reproduction, mood, and growth. But, in our 24/7, hyper-connected modern world, many of us increasingly find ourselves in situations of chronic stress that can imbalance or disrupt our bodies' natural hormonal balance.
Your ticket to a healthier brain and a healthier you! Your brain, like every part of your body, needs and deserves all the TLC you can give it so you can live a long and healthy life. In Brain Health For Dummies, neuroscientist and author Dr. Sarah McKay walks you through some simple and easy steps you can take—right now—to get smarter, stay healthier, and better support the elders in your life.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 12-16-2024
Having a healthy brain is about more than avoiding mental health problems, diseases, or dementia; it’s about thriving, feeling good, and performing at your best. Unfortunately, some brain health conditions are out of our control, thanks to genetics or just plain bad luck. But don’t worry! You can do plenty of things to lower your risk or improve symptoms for many diagnoses, diseases, and quirks.