"Praying for a sick heart patient may feel right to people of faith, but it doesn't appear to improve the patient's health, according to a new study that is the largest ever done on the healing powers of prayer.
Indeed, researchers at the Harvard Medical School and five other U.S. medical centers found, to their bewilderment, that coronary-bypass patients who knew strangers were praying for them fared significantly worse than people who got no prayers."
On the other hand, I've seen studies that showed people who had others visit and talk (general topics) faired much better than those who had others praying for them, or those who were left alone (other than family). I've also noticed (in my own experience working in surgery) that patients tend to take more comfort in a smile than a prayer. I can hardly wait to read the answers.
2007-07-08
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