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When surgeons say ‘we can fix it,’ patients may misunderstand risks

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – When surgeons prepare patients for an operation by describing how it can fix a problem, patients may agree to procedures without fully understanding the risks, a small study suggests. “As doctors, we really want to help patients to understand what is wrong with them and how to treat it, and that’s really complicated, so the ‘fix-it’ model can simplify the issues for patients,” senior

When surgeons say ‘we can fix it,’ patients may misunderstand risks

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – When surgeons prepare patients for an operation by describing how it can fix a problem, patients may agree to procedures without fully understanding the risks, a small study suggests. “As doctors, we really want to help patients to understand what is wrong with them and how to treat it, and that’s really complicated, so the ‘fix-it’ model can simplify the issues for patients,” senior

Allergy drug could be cheap option for hepatitis C: study

A cheap allergy drug that is taken for coughing, sneezing and runny nose may be useful in treating the chronic liver infection hepatitis C, US researchers said Wednesday. The antihistamine, called chlorcyclizine HCI, costs about 50 cents per pill, in sharp contrast to recent antiviral treatments that can cure hepatitis C for the first time, but at a hefty cost of at least $8,000 per four-month regimen. Since some 185