Vanderbilt will help test device to ease diabetes
Theologian-in-chief? Romney's speech spurs questions about faith
Battling the Flu and Superbugs

Vanderbilt will help test device to ease diabetes
The Tennessean
Saturday, Dec. 8

A surgery to implant a device shown to effectively treat type 2 diabetes is being offered at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as part of a nationwide research study.

Roughly 100 people have had the experimental surgery, mostly in Europe. The blood-sugar levels of almost all were lowered "significantly." Type 2 diabetics have high levels of sugar in their bloodstream because the body can't properly convert it to energy.

After the operation, many patients were able to reduce the number of medications they were taking and some no longer needed medication at all, according to Dr. Bill Richards, Vanderbilt's Ingram Professor of Surgical Sciences.

Theologian-in-chief? Romney's speech spurs questions about faith
Deseret News
Saturday, Dec. 8

This presidential primary season, God is in the details.

For Republican candidate Mitt Romney, that means his political future may hinge on whether he can convince the nation's conservative evangelical Christians that even though he may pray to a God with a different form than theirs, diverse religious expression is vital to America's freedom.

Romney's views on the nature of God and Jesus, as well as his beliefs about whether the Bible is infallible, are central to the distrust many evangelicals feel about Romney as a potential president, according to interviews with evangelicals and others.

The bottom line: Romney may say that Mormons are Christians, but many evangelicals aren't buying it.

Brett Benson, assistant professor of political science at Vanderbilt, is quoted.

Battling the Flu and Superbugs
The Tennessean
Saturday, Dec. 8

Dr. Lee Anna Fentriss is an internal medicine physician with Heritage Medical Associates at Baptist Hospital, the leader in women’s health in Nashville. Dr. Fentriss holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of South Dakota. She received her medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed her residency in internal medicine at University of Tennessee-Baptist Hospital. Dr. Fentriss is board certified in internal medicine and is a past president and current board member of Tennessee Women in Medicine.