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http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/03/30/prayer-heart-surgery-20060330.html
Having people pray for heart bypass patients had no effect on their recoveries in an American study, researchers say. The scientists, led by Dr. Herber Benson of Harvard Medical School, emphasized that they looked only at the effect of prayer on the patients in their study – and could not address questions such as whether God exists or answers prayers.
The research, which is to be published in the April 2006 issue of the American Heart Journal, involved about 1,800 patients at six medical centres. Three Christian groups were asked to pray for particular patients, starting the night before their surgeries and continuing for two weeks. The volunteers were given a patient's given name and last initial, and prayed for "a successful surgery with a quick, healthy recovery and no complications."
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Having people pray for heart bypass patients had no effect on their recoveries in an American study, researchers say. The scientists, led by Dr. Herber Benson of Harvard Medical School, emphasized that they looked only at the effect of prayer on the patients in their study – and could not address questions such as whether God exists or answers prayers.
The research, which is to be published in the April 2006 issue of the American Heart Journal, involved about 1,800 patients at six medical centres. Three Christian groups were asked to pray for particular patients, starting the night before their surgeries and continuing for two weeks. The volunteers were given a patient's given name and last initial, and prayed for "a successful surgery with a quick, healthy recovery and no complications."
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