Prayer/Healing connection.///// fact or fallacy?

[WriterDom]

5 GROUPS OF 30 HEART PATIENTS STUDIED

Dr. Krucoff presented findings from his pilot study at the American Heart Association’s 1998 annual scientific sessions. His team divided 150 heart patients into 5 groups of 30. All groups received appropriate medical care. 3 of the groups also received alternative care including stress relaxation, guided imagery or touch therapy.

The names of patients in the fourth group were sent to religious groups around the world for prayers. These included Carmelite nuns in Baltimore, Buddhist monks in Nepal and France, and a group in Jerusalem who placed the patients’ names in the city’s Wailing Wall. Fundamentalist Christians, Baptists and Unitarians around the country prayed for the heart patients by name also.

The fifth group of heart patients acted as a control group, and received medical treatment, but no prayers or alternative care. Doctors reported that the patients who received prayers fared 50 to 100 percent better in terms of heart rate, blood pressure and EEG results than patients in the control group. “The patients who received the alternative treatments did 30 to 50 percent better,” says Dr. Krucoff. “It’s not proof, but we consider it more than enough reason to do a more significant clinical trial.”


In a recent U.S. poll, 79 percent of the people responding believed spiritual faith helps the sick recover from disease

LARGER STUDY UNDERWAY

The Duke team began a larger, 3-year study with 1,500 heart patients last spring. Study centers include Washington Heart Center in Washington, D.C., the VA in Durham, North Carolina, Duke Medical Center, Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma and the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in San Diego. Dr. Krucoff, who would be happy to talk to people about enrolling in the study, can be reached by e-mail at kruco001@mc.duke.edu.

 

[DarkAngel]

True,

But it is also proven fact that... If one is claim and not stressed the body can deal with problems much better. Pray as nothing to do with it. It is the fact that there stress levels are brought down.

If you have high stress levels, anyone can take long to heal. This is a study taht has been aruged many times... about many different problems. But it is shown, reduce ones mental stress and body stress and ones body will responde much better.

 

[Todd]

Its hard to explain this but as a Christian I find prayer and healing connection to be both yet niether.

I know that doesn't make sense, but thats the world as I see this minute

 

[DarkAngel]

Its hard to explain this but as a Christian I find prayer and healing connection to be both yet niether.

I know that doesn't make sense, but thats the world as I see this minute

I agree with you Todd. The fact that people pray helps them relieve what is on there mind... Which in turns relieves the pressure of the stress from the body.

But people don't only need pray, a simple friend to talk to can do the same...

Some one like you Todd.

 

[WriterDom]

True,

But it is also proven fact that... If one is claim and not stressed the body can deal with problems much better. Pray as nothing to do with it. It is the fact that there stress levels are brought down.

If you have high stress levels, anyone can take long to heal. This is a study taht has been aruged many times... about many different problems. But it is shown, reduce ones mental stress and body stress and ones body will responde much better.

but in one of the groups no alternative care was giving except for their names being sent to various prayer groups. Doctors reported that the patients who received prayers fared 50 to 100 percent better in terms of heart rate, blood pressure and EEG results than patients in the control group.