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The power of prayer?
Health and religion have always been intertwined, most obviously through prayer on behalf of the sick. Does intercessory prayer for sick people actually help heal them? For thousands of years some people have believed so. view more (2009-06-18)
Pray more often and feel better
These were the findings of a study published today, Friday 12 November 1999, in the British Journal of Health Psychology , by psychologists Dr. John Maltby and Liza Day of Sheffield Hallam University, and Christopher Lewis of Ulster University. view more (1999-11-08)
Selflessness - The Core of All Major World Religions - Has Neuropsychological Connection, MU Study Finds
All spiritual experiences are based in the brain. That statement is truer than ever before, according to a University of Missouri neuropsychologist. view more (2008-12-18)
American Cancer Society study finds high use of complementary methods among cancer survivors
A new study from researchers at the American Cancer Society finds many cancer patients use complementary and alternative methods, most often prayer, relaxation, supplements, meditation, and massage. view more (2008-08-04)
Study Suggests Collective Religious Rituals, Not Religious Devotion, Spur Support for Suicide Attacks
In a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychologists Jeremy Ginges and Ian Hansen from the New School for Social Research along with psychologist Ara Norenzayan from the University of British Columbia conducted a series of experiments investigating the relationship between religion and... view more... (2009-02-19)
Reciting Ave Maria linked to a healthy heart
Reciting the rosary prayer or yoga mantras enhance some aspect of heart and lung function and might be viewed as a health practice as well as a religious practice, finds a study in this week's Christmas issue of the BMJ. view more (2001-12-19)
Sexual abuse: Faith can silence victims or provide solace
Childhood sexual abuse victims with a strong religious upbringing often report feeling terrible guilt about their assault, which doesn't surprise Jean-Guy Nadon. view more (2008-12-09)
Father-son team says positive gains can be made in 'psychological wealth'
A focus on psychological wealth rather than financial wealth can help people get through today's tough times, according to two of the world's leading psychological experts on happiness. view more (2009-08-10)
Insane? - Better Go to the Local Witch Doctor
Despite the competition from Western medicine, traditional medicine is still much in demand in Africa. That is the result of a study currently being undertaken in Tanzania by the Ethnomedicine Workshop at the University of Bonn's Institute for the History of Medicine. Particularly for ailments localised in the head - convulsions, dizziness and... view more... (2002-04-11)
Religious devotion does not impact abortion decisions of young unwed women
Unwed pregnant teens and twenty-somethings who attend or have graduated from private religious schools are more likely to obtain abortions than their peers from public schools. view more (2009-06-01)
Scripps scientists create first crystal structure of an intermediate particle in virus assembly
The structure, described February 8 in an advance online publication of the journal Nature, provides fresh insights into the elegant dance that viral proteins perform to create the infectious structure that causes all manner of misery and disease, say researchers. view more (2009-02-09)
Report Says State Failing British Muslims
A new report by the University of Warwick’s Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations on “British Muslims and State Policies ” slams persistent failures in how the state engages with Britain’s 1.8 million Muslims – particularly in education, the legal system, and most particular in the failure to make religious... view more... (2003-02-04)
Unravelling the threads of history at the ESRF
An international team of scientists from Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom has recently been working at the ESRF in order to unravel the threads of history. Wrappings of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls have been studied with synchrotron light. The X-rays will hopefully provide the team with precious information, such as the kind of fibres the... view more... (2004-03-25)
Spirituality increases as alcoholics recover
For decades, recovering alcoholics and those who treat them have incorporated spirituality into the recovery process — whether or not it's religious in nature. But few research studies have documented if and how spirituality changes during recovery, nor how those changes might influence a person's chance of succeeding in the quest for... view more... (2007-03-20)
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