Rediscovering Your World (:60 sec) Fred Lassen, MD, FACS: Otolaryngologist “…they make hearing aids for golfers that take out wind noise… bottom line, it ain’t your grandmother’s hearing aid, they are so different than what they were even ten years ago.’

Surgical Options for the Morbidly Obese (:60 sec) Greg Adams, MD: Bariatric Surgeon “I would say that the Lap Band® is a very good procedure for a large percentage of the patients who are trying to lose weight and are morbidly obese and qualify for surgical weight loss.”

Relief For That Aching Back (:60 sec) J. Abbott Byrd, MD: Orthopaedic (Spine) Surgeon “…very carefully targeting the area of the spine so that you

Back Problems Might Not Mean Back Pain (:60 sec) Jeffrey Carlson, MD, FAAOS: Orthopaedic Surgeon “The same thing happens with lower back, when that disk ruptures and pinches a nerve root, it gives you that sciatic pain going down the leg.”

Don’t Put It Off Any Longer: The Latest in Hip Procedures (:60 sec) Anthony Carter, MD, FAAOS: Orthopaedic Surgeon ‘Now, instead of cutting the muscle, we just spread it apart, so it’s a tissue sparing procedure.”

Less Invasive Ways to Save Your Heart (:60 sec) Robert Dunton, MD: Cardiothoracic Surgeon “With new techniques, we can get by with a lot less incision…folks heal quicker, go home sooner.”

Avoiding Sports Related Injuries This Summer (:60 sec) Wilford Gibson, MD, FAAOS: Orthopaedic Surgeon, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine “The most important thing to do is to prepare. Keep your weight down, through diet and low-impact exercise, stretching and warming up before exercise…”

An Update on Dealing With Hernias (:60 sec) Steven Hopson, MD: Surgeon “Hernias does not get better – it either stays the same, or it gets worse… [hernia] can cause serious complications.”

Non-Surgical Ways to a Pain Free Life (:60 sec) Anand Kapur, MD: Family Medicine, Sports Medicine, Medical Acupuncturist Primary Care Sports Medicine is primarly the non-surgical treatment of all musculo-skeletal illness whether chronic or acute for all ages.