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Recent Newspaper & Online Columns by Kate Scannell MD

Here They Are -- The top 10 health stories of 2012

By Dr. Kate Scannell, Syndicated Columnist
First Published in Print: 12/23/2012

Connecticut shootings
On December 14, a 20-year-old gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School on an otherwise unremarkable day in pastoral Newtown, CT. But when his gunfire ceased, we would learn that he had brutally shot and killed twenty young schoolchildren and six of their teachers before taking his own life as well.

At the time of this writing, children are still being buried in Newtown. We're hearing the usual media rhetoric -- about our country's appalling gun violence, our stunned witness of yet another mass domestic killing, the need for stricter gun control laws and greater access to mental health services. . .  Read More