Soothing words do more than pills to calm anxious patients
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
Anxious patients heading into surgery often receive medication to ease their fears, but a few calming words from their physicians might actually be more effective medicine. In fact, “conversational hypnosis” as the approach is known, may do a better job than pills for relaxing patients before anesthesia and surgery.