Surgeon general nominee testifies at confirmation hearing

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Dr. Nicole Saphier, the president's third surgeon general nominee, told senators Wednesday that "patient care, prevention and communication" would be her top priorities if confirmed as the nation's top doctor. "I had seen what difference catching disease early can make and realized the most powerful thing you can do for a patient is arm them with information," the radiologist and former Fox News contributor told the Senate Health Committee in her opening statement. "Our health system advances when we're willing to challenge complacency and have honest conversations, even uncomfortable ones. Empowering patients with accurate information about their own health is never the wrong decision." She said her overall approach to health care is to treat illness when it occurs but also to do a "far better job of helping people stay health in the first place." "That is the same conviction that animates the president and the secretary's focus on chronic disease and the Make America Healthy