Prayer & Distant Healing Doctors Barbara and Larry Dossey Magazines Spirituality and Health Major Pages
Duke University's: Center for the Study of Religion / Spirituality and Health	Uplift Program / h_spirit
The Mantra Project Can Prayer Heal?
The Little Prayer Study That Could	Prayer and Healing (Duke Univ. Medical News)
Prayer, noetic studies feasible; results indicate benefit to heart patients Duke Received Health Leadership Grant for Mind-Body-Spirit Treatments and Research
Multiple Articles About the Same Study
Distant Healing by Elizabeth Targ, MD	ENERGY HEALING
Other Articles Scientific Study by Boguslaw Lipinski, PhD,Sc.
Prayer as prescription Prayer has real medical benefit! The Power of Prayer: More Evidence Medical Professionals say prayer helps Prayer and Medical Science by Larry Dossey Finding the Help We Need: A conversation with Dr. Bernie Siegel	Scientific Research Confirms Distant Healing Kennewick clinic heals sick through power of prayer Prayer Seems To Double In Vitro Fertilization Success Illness Prevention: Spirituality and Blood Pressure Status.ppt Is Prayer Clinically Effective? Article by Professor David G. Myers Doctors, patients embracing spirituality in medical care 6/11/01
The Efficacy of "Distant Healing": A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials.pdf Does Prayer Influence the Success of in Vitro Fertilization–Embryo Transfer? - Report of a masked, randomized trial, by Cha, Wirth, and Lobo, (2001). Published in Journal of Reproductive Medicine 46:9. The Remarkable Health and Longevity Benefits of Participating Regularly in a Community of Faith Empirical Explorations of Prayer, Distant Healing, and Remote Mental Influence by William Braud Prayer, Faith, and Health David G. Myers' commentary on the background of the Harvard Prayer Experiment. ABC NEWS: Can Prayer Heal? -Brief article reviewing extant research on remote healing. Columbia News: Prayer May Influence In Vitro Fertilization Success -Review of Lobo et al's (2001) double blind study into the effects of intercessory prayer on IVF success. TIME: Investigating the Power of Prayer -A San Francisco researcher looks into whether prayer can heal even if the person doesn't know he's being prayed for. Psychology of Prayer Notes and bibliographic references for D. Andrew Kille's lecture on prayer, a part of the Pastoral Ministries Program at Santa Clara University. Does Prayer Influence the Success of in Vitro FertilizationEmbryo Transfer? Report of a masked, randomized trial, by Cha, Wirth, and Lobo, (2001). NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GROUP for RESEARCHERS ADDRESSING SPIRITUALITY NEWSLETTER Scientific Research on Prayer Debra Williams' review of research attempting to prove the power of prayer. BBC News: Does Prayer Work? - review of evidence for answered prayer. Discovery Channel Canada: The Power of Prayer? Four video stories hosted by Jay Ingram investigating remote prayer. Includes interview with Duke University's Dr. Mitchell Krucoff. John Templeton Foundation Prayer Study Archive Collection of scientific research articles and media articles exploring the power of intercessory prayer on health. Effects of Intercessory Prayer on Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Matthews, Marlowe, and MacNutt (2000). Article from Southern Medical Journal 93(12):1177-1186. [PDF] A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Effects of Remote, Intercessory Prayer on Outcomes in Patients Admitted to the Coronary Care Unit Harris, Gowda, Kolb, et al. (1999). The Prayer Experiment Essay by Russell Stannard Distant Intercessory Prayer Research article by Lynn Munson and Douglas Degelman. [PDF] A Prayer Before Dying (Wired Magazine) talks about the work of Elizabeth Targ, MD, who conducted what is considered to be, "the most scientifically rigorous attempt ever to discover if prayer can heal." A Randomized Double-Blind Study of the Effect of Distant Healing in a Population With Advanced AIDS Sicher, Targ, Moore, and Smith (1998). Heart patients who are prayed for fare better, study finds (Associated Press) Prayer helps sick in mysterious ways, study suggests 10/24/99 (The Kansas City Star) For seniors, prayer is good for body and soul 6/29/00 (USA TODAY)
Books
The Faith Factor: Proof of the Healing Power of Prayer by Dale A. Matthews	Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine by Larry, Md. Dossey

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