Claudia F Califano, MD

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This can be bought over-the-counter at your gas station! I'm always curious to know what these different concoctions are...
03/30/2026

This can be bought over-the-counter at your gas station! I'm always curious to know what these different concoctions are at the gas station counter and recently looked up the ingredients. Many "legal" toxic and mood altering drugs are often found in just this location.

Calls to national poisoning centers concerning the herb kratom have skyrocketed since 2015, new research has found.

Important piece on free speech and social media:
03/30/2026

Important piece on free speech and social media:

Courts aren’t always the right answer to our digital problems.

A critical article in a highly respected journal combining the results of 153 other studies.
03/16/2026

A critical article in a highly respected journal combining the results of 153 other studies.

FRIDAY, March 13, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- Digital media use is consistently associated with risks to child and adolescent mental health and development globall

Congratulations to Dr. Oscar Hills and to Austen Riggs!
03/13/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Oscar Hills and to Austen Riggs!

The Board of Trustees of the Austen Riggs Center, one of the nation’s leading long-term psychiatric residential treatment centers, has selected Oscar F. Hills, MD, to serve as its next Medical Director and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Hills will assume the role on July 1, 2026.

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03/08/2026

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As the General Assembly considers a statewide bell-to-bell cellphone ban, some believe phone use issues can be solved without an all-day ban.

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02/26/2026

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Researchers followed more than 400,000 teens until they were adults. It found that those who used ma*****na were more likely to develop serious mental illness, as well as depression and anxiety.

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