Dunno Mike. I Just repeated what a couple of different TV segments have reported.



>>Not 'proof', but there is more and more scientific interest in prayer as a healing method/assist.
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>Interesting, I came accross these earlier this week:
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>As delivered in this study, intercessory prayer had no significant effect on specifically defined medical outcomes, regardless of risk status
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>http://www.mayo.edu/proceedings/2001/dec/7612a1.pdf
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>SOme say what about the Placebo effect?
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>The placebo effect may have no scientific basis, according to a study published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.
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>http://www.sciam.com/news/052501/1.html
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>As compared with no treatment, placebo had no significant effect on binary outcomes, regardless of whether these outcomes were subjective or objective.
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>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/344/21/1594