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Live & Learn Lecture Series Audio 2006-2007 Daily Activity: Tip the Balance in Your Favor Hospice: About Living or Dying? Smoking: It's Time To Quit HIV/AIDS: Where We Are and Where We're Going Bird Flu: Avoiding Pandemic Panic Patient/Physician Communication: How to Talk with Your Doctor Healthy Eating: From Planning to Potluck Adolescent Suicide: What You May Not Know Sleepy, Grumpy, Dopey & Doc: In Search of a Good Night's Sleep Obesity Update: 2007	Obesity Update: 2007 This month the final offering in the Live & Learn Lecture Series, "Obesity Update:  2007," will include discussion of newer concepts and causes of obesity and the difficulty in keeping weight off. James Early, MD, clinical associate professor, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, KU School of Medicine-Wichita will also include information on the latest medical and surgical techniques and treatment for obesity. This presentation will be 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Tuesday, June 12, at the KU School of Medicine – Wichita campus, 1010 N. Kansas.  The lecture is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested by calling 316-293-2643. KMUW’s Frank Dudgeon will present an interview featuring Dr. Early during Morning Edition, Monday, June 11 -- 5:50 a.m., 7:50 a.m., and 9:50 a.m. Dr. Early is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and has been active in the department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health since its inception. His clinical duties include the management of medically significant obesity and support of pre- and post-surgical patients undergoing obesity surgery. Dr. Early is also active in corporate health, executive physicals, lipid management consultations and group counseling with patients at high-risk for cardiovascular disease. This 2006-2007 series has been made possible because of community partners Wichita Public Radio, The University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita, WPPA, Inc., and the Medical Society of Sedgwick County.