Here is a gem of an article from 2006. I pulled this from the New York Times. It is the results of the study that was done measuring the effects of prayer on cardiac patients. The findings- prayer is ineffective, which I already knew. I was a little surprised when this did come out, because I thought that the perception of God helping you would create a little bit of a placebo effect to the more faithful involved. Nevertheless, here it is;
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/health/31pray.html
If you want a copy of the actual Benson Study, I have it on PDF. I can make it available if you want to read the full study and look at all the data.
ReplyDeleteThat would be great. I do not have a copy. I would love to read it.
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