Checklists
What to do and what to avoid, per subject, with the figures behind each item.
510 pages
Sexually Transmitted Infections: What To Do
Infections passed on through sexual contact, many of which cause no symptoms.
Shift Work and Health: What To Do
The health effects of working outside standard daytime hours.
Shift Work and Sleep: What To Do
Working hours that conflict with the body clock, and the sleep problems that follow.
Shingles Vaccination: What To Do
A vaccine reducing the risk of shingles and the nerve pain that can follow it.
Sick Day Rules: What To Do
What to do about regular medicines and monitoring when you become acutely unwell.
Sickle Cell and Thalassemia: What To Do
Inherited conditions affecting the structure or production of hemoglobin.
Sitting at Work: What To Do
Prolonged sedentary time during the working day.
Skin and Aging: What To Do
The changes in skin structure and function that come with age and cumulative UV exposure.
Skin Cancer Signs: What To Do
The changes in moles and skin spots that warrant assessment.
Skin Cancer: What To Do
Melanoma and other skin cancers, almost all linked to UV exposure.
Skin in Later Life: What To Do
The changes in older skin that affect fragility, healing and infection risk.
Sleep and Chronic Pain: What To Do
The two-way relationship between persistent pain and disturbed sleep.
Sleep and Physical Health: What To Do
The links between habitual sleep duration and heart, metabolic and immune health.
Sleep and the Brain: What To Do
The role of sleep in memory, attention and long-term brain health.
Sleep Apnea: What To Do
Repeated narrowing or closure of the upper airway during sleep, causing breathing pauses and fragmented sleep.
Sleep in Children: What To Do
How much sleep children need at each age, and the routines that support it.
Smoke Alarms and Fire Safety: What To Do
Working smoke alarms, an escape plan and safe habits that protect your household from home fires.
Smoking and the Heart: What To Do
How tobacco damages blood vessels, and what changes when you stop.
Smoking and the Lungs: What To Do
The effects of tobacco smoke on the airways and lungs, and what recovers after quitting.
Snacking: What To Do
Eating between meals, and what makes a snack useful rather than simply extra.
Social Media and Teens: What To Do
How teens use social media platforms and how that use can affect sleep, mood and safety.
Speech and Language Therapy: What To Do
Assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing problems by a speech-language pathologist.
Sports Concussion: What To Do
A brain injury caused by a blow or jolt to the head or body during sports, and how to recognize and manage it.
Sports Injuries: What To Do
Acute injuries to muscle, ligament, tendon or bone sustained during activity.
Sports Physicals and Teen Nutrition: What To Do
The preparticipation physical exam many schools require before sports, and the eating and drinking habits that support young athletes.
Statins: What To Do
Medicines that lower LDL cholesterol by inhibiting its production in the liver.
Staying Independent: What To Do
The practical steps that help people keep living safely in their own homes.
Stimulant Use: What To Do
The risks of cocaine, methamphetamine and misused prescription stimulants, which speed up the body and brain.
Stopping Smoking: What To Do
The combination of medication and behavioral support that makes quitting succeed.
Storing and Reheating Leftovers: What To Do
How to cool, store and reheat cooked food so bacteria do not have time to multiply.
Storing Medicines: What To Do
Keeping medicines safe, effective and out of reach.
Strength and Balance in Later Life: What To Do
Training aimed at maintaining muscle strength, power and stability from around the sixties onward.
Strep Throat: What To Do
A throat and tonsil infection caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria.
Stress: What To Do
The physical and psychological response to demands that feel beyond your resources.
Stroke Rehabilitation: What To Do
Regaining function after a stroke, through therapy across several disciplines.
Stroke: What To Do
Interruption of blood supply to part of the brain, from a clot or a bleed.
Sun and Heat Abroad: What To Do
Protecting against UV and managing heat in hotter climates.
Sun and the UV Index: What To Do
The daily forecast of ultraviolet radiation strength, and how to use it to plan sun protection.
Sun Protection: What To Do
Reducing ultraviolet exposure to the skin through shade, clothing and sunscreen.
Supplements and the Liver: What To Do
Herbal and dietary supplements as a cause of drug-induced liver injury.