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  • Prayer-Health Benefits Dispelled [10-Year Study Says Prayer May Hurt Patients]

    04/13/2006 8:47:00 AM PDT · by sully777 · 17 replies · 584+ views
    C-Health/AP ^ | Mar. 31, 2006 | Malcolm Ritter
    NEW YORK (AP) - Does praying for a sick person's recovery do any good? In the largest scientific test of its kind, heart surgery patients showed no benefit when strangers prayed for their recovery. And patients who knew they were being prayed for had a slightly higher rate of complications. Doctors could only guess why... ...The study followed about 1,800 patients at six medical centres. It was financed by the Templeton Foundation, which supports research into science and religion, and one of the participating hospitals. It will appear in Tuesday's issue of the American Heart Journal. The research team tested...