http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicineA Vanderbilt University Medical Center Alumni Publication - Current Issue - Winter 2013http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/sites/vanderbiltmedicine/images/vanderbiltmedicine-medium.gifhttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/images/vanderbiltmedicine_logo_small.gif30034http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13865http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13865Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13903http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13903Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13866http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13866Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13867http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13867Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13868http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13868Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13869http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13869Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13870http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13870Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13871http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13871Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13872http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13872Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13873http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13873Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13875http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13875Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13876http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13876Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13877http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13877Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13879http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13879Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13880http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13880Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13881http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13881Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13882http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13882Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13883http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13883Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13887http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13887<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13887"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/general.jpg&width=100&height=62&hash=5ba6ef1b11810f688305e2181ce348fb" align="left" height="62" width="100" alt="Vanderbilt Medicine Photo" border="0" /></a>In the spotlight on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., Maj. Gen. Steve Jones, M.D. '78, finds himself poised, confident and prepared for any inquiry.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13887"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/general.jpg&width=100&height=62&hash=5ba6ef1b11810f688305e2181ce348fb" align="left" height="62" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13888http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13888<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13888"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/feature1.jpg&width=100&height=62&hash=025656878661a836ca6c9cd0d421fe58" align="left" height="62" width="100" alt="Vanderbilt Medicine Photo" border="0" /></a></p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13888"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/feature1.jpg&width=100&height=62&hash=025656878661a836ca6c9cd0d421fe58" align="left" height="62" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13895http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13895<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13895"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/_a1764s2168.jpg&width=100&height=77&hash=616b456ad4c2a06d68f3b75522da2ad3" align="left" height="77" width="100" alt="Vanderbilt Medicine Photo" border="0" /></a>With the use of a CPAP machine and perhaps a loving nudge from a spouse, sleep apnea is often easily controlled in the comfort of one's own home.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13895"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/_a1764s2168.jpg&width=100&height=77&hash=616b456ad4c2a06d68f3b75522da2ad3" align="left" height="77" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13896http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13896Does your bed mate complain that you snore loud enough to shake the rafters or that you repeatedly stop breathing while you're asleep? Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13897http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13897Sleep apnea affects an estimated 18 million Americans - that's about one in 15. Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13898http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13898<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13898"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/mystery.jpg&width=100&height=62&hash=bfe088179effa2118b5a3fd95417f603" align="left" height="62" width="100" alt="Vanderbilt Medicine Photo" border="0" /></a>Clifton Meador, M.D., cured his patient's three years of diarrhea with two simple questions. </p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13898"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/mystery.jpg&width=100&height=62&hash=bfe088179effa2118b5a3fd95417f603" align="left" height="62" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13899http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13899<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13899"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/pettit.jpg&width=100&height=62&hash=7dbbb78ac22dfcc9d38d0f98df9190c8" align="left" height="62" width="100" alt="Vanderbilt Medicine Photo" border="0" /></a>In early September 2012, a man in his 50s was brought to Vanderbilt with classic symptoms of meningitis: headache and neck pain, along with nausea, malaise, fatigue, chills and decreased appetite. </p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13899"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/pettit.jpg&width=100&height=62&hash=7dbbb78ac22dfcc9d38d0f98df9190c8" align="left" height="62" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13900http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13900Michael Fowler, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine, teaches the Physical Diagnosis course to second-year medical students, which develops the skills for taking a thorough history and physical - from learning to use a stethoscope and otoscope to practicing patient interviewing and clinical observation.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13901http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13901<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13901"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/ipad.jpg&width=100&height=62&hash=23e703d8622d9e72e1f2c196373faf31" align="left" height="62" width="100" alt="Vanderbilt Medicine Photo" border="0" /></a>The fight against obesity may be shifting from the weight room to the chat room, as weaponry in the form of apps, gadgets and online tracking move to the front lines in the battle of the bulge.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13901"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/ipad.jpg&width=100&height=62&hash=23e703d8622d9e72e1f2c196373faf31" align="left" height="62" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13874http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13874<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13874"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/20120815AR0211.jpg&width=100&height=70&hash=775b061b4b94492445d75bd11ed74634" align="left" height="70" width="100" alt="Vanderbilt Medicine Photo" border="0" /></a></p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13874"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/vanderbiltmedicine/images/20120815AR0211.jpg&width=100&height=70&hash=775b061b4b94492445d75bd11ed74634" align="left" height="70" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?article=13902http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmedicine/index.html?ID=13902Tennessee has moved from the third most obese state to the 15th in two years. In addition, it has done something quite rare: it has rolled back the obesity rate. Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:02:42 -0600