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Though we've made progress, "there's still a long way to go" when it comes to the adoption process, says a family expert — including protecting the safety of young people who are in foster care as they await permanent, loving families.The Selfless Love Foundation’s National Think Tank is a collective force of change-makers aiming to improve the foster care adoption process in this country. The annual conference, which took place in October, brings together young people who have experienced foster care, as well as child welfare leaders and policymakers from over 30 states. The National Think Tank is a strategic plan to influence federal policy and state-level action to transform the foster care adoption process to best serve children.FACILITATING THE INTEGRATION OF ADOPTED CHILDREN INTO YOUR FAMILYOn the heels of the October 2025 Think Tank, lead researchers from Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago will create a road map and… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

It may be time to switch up your shower routine.A wellness trend making the rounds on social media promotes ‘dark showering,’ which is exactly what it sounds like: your daily bathing ritual, just at night or with the lights low.‘I’M A PSYCHIATRIST – HERE’S HOW TO REDUCE ANXIETY IN JUST 15 SECONDS'"Light powerfully influences the brain," Dr. Daniel Amen, psychiatrist, brain imaging specialist and founder of Amen Clinics in California, told Fox News Digital. This is done through the retinohypothalamic tract, a pathway that connects your eyes to the brain’s master body clock, called the suprachiasmatic nucleus.Bright light and blue light tell the body to wake up by raising cortisol and lowering melatonin. But when the lights go out, "low or no light signals safety, activates the parasympathetic nervous system, and begins the body’s natural descent into rest and repair mode.""Think of dim lighting as turning down the brain’s ‘threat… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

With new agreements from President Donald Trump promising lower prices on popular weight-loss drugs, the use of GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro could soon surge even higher — a trend already spreading unevenly across the U.S., with some states seeing greater uptick than others.Based on insurance claims data from Purple Lab, a Pennsylvania health analytics company, a 2024 report published by GLP-1 Newsroom broke down the estimated number of weight-loss and diabetes drug prescriptions per state.The prescription records came from both commercial and government insurers, and they don’t include people who paid cash, used telehealth providers, used compounded versions or were uninsured — which means the actual numbers are likely higher.WHY MICRODOSING OZEMPIC COULD BECOME AS COMMON AS TAKING A MULTIVITAMINThe report identified the following states where more than 15% of the state’s population received GLP-1 prescriptions for weight loss or diabetes control. Take a look at the list… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

A deep clean at the dentist may benefit more than just your oral health.In a two-year study of people with periodontitis, or severe gum disease, researchers from University College London (UCL) found that those who got intensive treatment — a full-mouth deep cleaning with regular follow-ups — had slower thickening and clogging of a major neck artery and better blood-vessel function than those who only got routine cleanings.The randomized controlled trial tracked 135 adults at UCL’s Eastman Dental Institute who had periodontitis, which can stem from poor oral hygiene, genetics, smoking or uncontrolled diabetes, according to the research published this month in the European Heart Journal. COMMON VIRUSES LINKED TO ‘DRAMATIC’ SPIKE IN HEART ATTACK AND STROKE RISKAt 12 and 24 months, participants who received intensive deep-cleanings showed less gum inflammation and fewer bacteria entering the bloodstream, and their arteries were healthier than those who got standard scale-and-polish care, which only… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

Most people spend their lives chasing happiness — or, more often, running from unhappiness — whether it’s through healthy coping methods or unhealthy escape routes.Behavioral scientist and happiness expert Arthur Brooks, professor at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, spoke with Fox News Digital in an interview about the balance between happiness and unhappiness."They are actually processed in different hemispheres of the brain, and you need both," he said. HAPPINESS EXPERT SHARES 6-STEP MORNING ROUTINE THAT BOOSTS MOOD AND PRODUCTIVITY"You need to have a lot of happiness such that you can have a good life, and you need unhappiness because it's a signal that there are things out there you need to be paying attention to," Brooks went on. "If you never had any negative emotions, you'd be dead in a week. That's the truth of the matter."It’s important to manage negative emotions, especially for people who tend to experience them… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.