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Matthews Prayer Study Study Yields No Evidence for Medical Efficacy. of Distant Intercessory Prayer: A Follow-up Commentary. by Gary P. Posner, M.D. The medicine of the future is going to be prayer and Prozac. ... distant prayer (n = 21)." And the placebo effect was in ... all http://members.aol.com/garypos/prayerstudyafterpub.html - 96% Result found by: AltaVista, LookSmart, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter, HotBot, Yahoo!, Lycos, WiseNut, Teoma

Studies Find that Prayer Can Help the Sick A study on prayer fascinated me and I want to share it with you. ... All told, as concerns the standards of unbiased and objective study, it met all the ... http://www.mindpub.com/art031.htm - 95% Result found by: AltaVista, HotBot, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), CompuServe, AOL Search, Teoma, Netscape Netcenter, Lycos, Yahoo!

Intercessory Prayer Debate between William Harris & Irwin Tessman ... to be absolutely objective if you know who is in which ... that got intercessory prayer. And this is a study that they doing to basically ... have been due to the placebo effect, which had already ... http://www.csicop.org/articles/20010810-prayer/ - 94% Result found by: MSN Web Search, AltaVista, HotBot, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Lycos, Teoma, Netscape Netcenter, Yahoo!

Microsoft Word - empirical.doc Prayer Perhaps the first objective study of the possible efficacy of prayer was reported by ... has been aided by investigations of placebo effects... http://www.integral-inquiry.com/docs/649/empirical.pdf - 94% Result found by: MSN Web Search, AltaVista, HotBot, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), CompuServe, AOL Search, Teoma, Netscape Netcenter, Lycos

placebo effect ... Power of the placebo: Simply expecting relief from pain can help, study shows, February ... have found objective improvements in health from ... may reject faith, prayer and "alternative ... http://skepdic.com/placebo.html - 94% Result found by: MSN Web Search, AltaVista, LookSmart, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter, WiseNut, Yahoo!

Scientific Research on Prayer ... Larry Dossey writes about the placebo effect mentioned earlier by ... Does prayer effect plant seeds? In a study on germinating ... minister and scientist, the objective was to see in a controlled ... http://www.plim.org/PrayerDeb.htm - 94% Result found by: MSN Web Search, AltaVista, LookSmart, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter, Yahoo!, WiseNut

Straight Dope Staff Report: Have studies proven that prayer can ... Unsurprisingly to those who have seen the placebo effect in action, ... So, we need to find a way to study prayer without the people being prayed for ... http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/msciprayer.html - 93% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter, Yahoo!

Is Prayer Good for Your Health? A Critique of the Scientific Research ... that would support this objective. The second has to do with ... who were receiving placebo prayer. How could investigators ensure ... then, if we were trying to study prayer? When you are measuring ... http://www.heritage.org/Research/Religion/HL816.cfm - 90% Result found by: MSN Web Search, HotBot, Teoma, Lycos, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter, CompuServe

and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the... ...last update: 2004-11-18 New-Franken, strategic goal objective and the objective placebo prayer study Burt Lancaster Jun, Gina Nash Fermin... http://www.tera-patrick.co.uk/association-gynecolo.html - 89% Result found by: HotBot, Teoma, Lycos

Scientific Review Again, he noted no survival benefit of prayer. A flaw in this study is that the ... The objective of the study was to explore the effects of intercessory ... http://altmed.creighton.edu/prayer/Scientific%20Review.htm - 89% Result found by: AltaVista, CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Yahoo!

Religion, Placebo, Meditation, and Prayer ... 1. Religion, Placebo, Meditation, and Prayer ... study confirming the healing effects of. intercessory prayer. Harris, et al. ( 1999) - Objective ... http://www.psyc3132.homestead.com/files/2005_wk5_Religion_Placebo_Meditation_n_Prayer.pdf - 86% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com)

PRAYER - Bibliography ...herein cannot easily be explained by placebo-type ... Braud W, Schlitz M. 1989. A methodology for the objective study of transpersonal imagery. http://www.datadiwan.de/SciMedNet/templeton/library/bibliography/prayer_mindbody.htm - 85% Result found by: HotBot, Teoma, Lycos

Save An independent voice for positive, rational living. ... from a study done by ... study covered 26 people. Half got the most widely prescribed anti-depression drug, Prozac. The other half got an inert placebo ... that prayer is effective ... http://www.objectiveamerican.com/toa/printershow.cfm?id=107 - 85% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Yahoo!

The Power of Prayer - ICON Magazine (Intergrated Cancer & Oncology ... There are two types of prayer - that which the individual does for themselves, ... So if it isn't the placebo effect, what the heck is going on? ... http://www.iconmag.co.uk/power_prayer.htm - 85% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter, Yahoo!

MISAHA Newsletter # 40-45 ... effects (including placebo effect), acupuncture ... many years of personal study and experimental ... discussed by Reich. OBJECTIVE MEDICAL AND ... including QiGong, prayer, meditation and other ... http://www.whps.com/misaha/ - 84% Result found by: MSN Web Search, LookSmart, WiseNut

Prayer and Spiritual Healing in Medical Settings ...is often dismissed as purely a placebo response, the ... Braud, W. and Schlitz, M. A methodology for the objective study of transpersonal... http://www.ijhc.org/FreeJournal/Journal/0601articles/Aldridge-I-1.html - 84% Result found by: HotBot, Teoma, Lycos

Save ... Byrd study summary: New study on prayer and healing? ... differences between the placebo and the prayer groups before prayer was ... The objective efficacy of prayer: a double-blind ... http://www.webspawner.com/users/apologete2/prayer2.html - 84% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Yahoo!

Homeopathy, Clinical Studies Clinical Studies on Homeopathic Medicine. Several clinical studies exist that show ... The subjects were evaluated using objective measuring instruments, ... http://www.holistic-online.com/Homeopathy/homeo_clinical.htm - 83% Result found by: CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter

InteliHealth: Intercessors may have specific objectives or may wish for general well-being or improved ... Controlled studies with "placebo prayer" are challenging. ... http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8513/34968/360051.html?d=dmtContent - 83% Result found by: Netscape Netcenter, CompuServe, AOL Search

JSB Vol.4, No.2 ... The very idea of a placebo effect is ... not manipulations. Prayer (which includes the ... an important objective of the course was to ... which is the study of knowledge from such ... http://www.healingandlaw.com/Journal/JSB_Vol.4/JSB_Vol.4__No.2/jsb_vol.4__no.2.html - 83% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

Prayer Studies ... placebo effect, and psychosomatic and faith healing. Byrd did say that "it was generally noted that almost all patients in the study expressed the belief that prayer ... the objective was ... http://www.acfaith.com/prayerstudy.html - 83% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Yahoo!

Save ... OBJECTIVE: To assess the potential effect of intercessory prayer (IP) on pregnancy rates in women being treated with in vitro fertilizationembryo transfer (IVF-ET). STUDY ... a placebo effect ... http://www.bethhaven.net/prayer_increases_ivf_50%.htm - 83% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Yahoo!

The Eastern Great Lakes Burn Study Group ... outcome. The objective of this study was to evaluate ... whether or not there was prayer in the visit, with ... of saline (placebo). Pain was assessed using an Agitation ... http://www.pulsus.com/Plastics/08_04/cips_ed.htm - 83% Result found by: MSN Web Search, HotBot, Teoma, Lycos

An experimental study of the effects of distant, intercessory ... An experimental study of the effects of distant, intercessory prayer on ... MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Five pretest and posttest objective measures and six ... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=98042999&dopt=Abstract - 82% Result found by: CompuServe, AOL Search

Design: ... and 2. All prayer participants in the study. were of various ... Objective: To perform a randomized, controlled trial of a ... ings than did the placebo condition, independent of ... http://www.cmeonly.com/product_PDF/AM_4_9.pdf - 82% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com)

Bill's Scribblings ... traumatized and will need much help and prayer. We now face several capital murder trials ... in the human mind, corresponding to nothing objective and serving no biological function, yet ... http://www.willsworld.com/bills3.htm - 81% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

Humanist: Prayer and Healing at St. Luke's ...explanation, such as the "placebo effect" or ... that in this study, on the surface, all the usual precautions were taken. The study's... http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1374/1_60/59021334/p1/article.jhtml - 81% Result found by: HotBot, Teoma, Lycos

Pilot study investigating the effect of intercessory prayer in the ... Objective: To investigate whether intercessory prayer had an effect on the ... In this study, those patients receiving prayer survived in greater ... http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/apy/2004/00000012/00000004/art00013 - 81% Result found by: CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter

Save ... published in 1988. Byrd's objective was to evaluate the ... the prayer study resembled a "pill and placebo" approach similar to many drug studies. In Dr. Matthews study, trained ... http://www.garythomas.com/resources/articles/god_md.html - 81% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), HotBot, CompuServe, AOL Search, Lycos, Netscape Netcenter, Yahoo!, Teoma

(Print Version) Depression Page 1 ...factors in phototherapy a true placebo for bright ... OBJECTIVE: This study examines maternal religiosity as a protective factor against... http://www.lef.org/protocols/abstracts/abstr-txt/t-abstr-040.html - 80% Result found by: AltaVista, HotBot, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Lycos, Teoma, Yahoo!

http://www.integral-inquiry.com/docs/649/empirical.doc ... Perhaps the first objective study of the possible efficacy of prayer was reported by ... been aided by investigations of placebo effects, stress reduction, suggestion, expectancy ... http://www.integral-inquiry.com/docs/649/empirical.doc - 80% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Yahoo!

Incidental radiological findings on brain magnetic resonance... ...db=PubMed&list_uids=12366466& dopt=Abstr...... has been no clinical trials or placebo controlled... http://auramon.com/ref-schizophrenia/schizophrenia-research-abs4.155.html - 79% Result found by: HotBot, Teoma, Lycos

RFA-OB-03-004: MIND-BODY INTERACTIONS AND HEALTH: RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PR... ... uses of hypnosis; prayer and other forms of mental ... interested in research on the placebo effect and studies on ... clinical applications. Finally, study of the interaction between ... http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OB-03-004.html - 79% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

1 ... the Bleep Do We Know!? --- Study Guide 2 Institute of Noetic ... Amen By Luenig, From “Prayer Tree” Introduction 7 Institute ... the Belief in an Objective World Existing Independent of ... http://www.noetic.org/research/files/Bleep_Study_Guide.pdf - 78% Result found by: MSN Web Search

Real Estate Discuss :: Humor Real Estate ... keep your mind on the fact that your primary objective was to drain the swamp. When you dial a wrong ... are, the harder they hit. Finagle's Rules: 1) To study an application best, understand it thoroughly ... http://www.realestatediscuss.com/humor/index.php?&t=sub_pages&cat=248 - 78% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

Dust in the Light ... anything more than a placebo. Headed by Baroness ... those who think this study is "of vital ... person providing an "objective" measure of good for ... can plea the power of prayer, of faith, but that ... http://dustinthelight.timshelarts.com/ - 77% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

Incidental radiological findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging... has been no clinical trials or placebo controlled... http://auramon.com/ref-testosterone/testosterone-research-abs4.448.html - 77% Result found by: HotBot, Teoma, Lycos

The REALL News ... The Nocebo Effect & Healing Prayer, by David Bloomberg The ... 1999, by David Bloomberg The Placebo Effect: Is it of Medicinal ... Greta Alexander's Legacy: An Objective Look at Her Claims, by David ... http://www.reall.org/newsletter/ - 77% Result found by: MSN Web Search, LookSmart, WiseNut

The Science of Prayer and Healing ... subtle energy research is carried out by objective, “hard” scientists. ... These studies imply that prayer has the potential to fight infections. ... http://www.healingtherapies.info/prayer_and_healing.htm - 77% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Netscape Netcenter, LookSmart, WiseNut, CompuServe, AOL Search, HotBot, Lycos, Yahoo!, Teoma

Balancing Our 4 "Bodies" ... friend or spouse for objective feedback (not advice ... to the section on the placebo effect (around pg 90 ... brainwave level) and prayer, holding the image of ... to (2). 3. A 30-year study of more than 400 North ... http://www.wholesomebalance.com/Balancing_Our_4_Bodies.html - 76% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

Faith Healing ... between the prayer and no-prayer groups [10]. A study of the effects of ... or because of a placebo effect. But any benefit ... Weldon RMC. The objective efficacy of prayer: A double-blind ... http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/faith.html - 76% Result found by: MSN Web Search, AOL Search, CompuServe

Save ... Objective attempts to determine whether prayer has demonstrable effect on ... there could be no placebo effect of feeling better ... A large study of prayer and healing being conducted ... http://home.att.net/~stpaulparkucc/id47.htm - 76% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Yahoo!

Alternative Medicine Objective: To determine whether remote, retroactive intercessory prayer, ... and sound, placebo-controlled studies are scarce. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our ... http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~gbc/health/altmed04.htm - 75% Result found by: AltaVista, CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter, Yahoo!

An experimental study of the effects of distant, intercessory ... An experimental study of the effects of distant, intercessory prayer on ... MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Five pretest and posttest objective measures and six ... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve - 75% Result found by: Netscape Netcenter

Intercessory prayer study analysis ...with an objective analysis, but with the promotion of a rival faith -- atheism. "To study the ... The person delivering the drug and placebo... http://www.christianfora.com/t47935 - 75% Result found by: HotBot, Lycos, Teoma

CAPTAIN ... Partial-Birth Abortion: > President Bush is opposed. > John Kerry favors. > > * Restoring voluntary prayer in the public schools: > President Bush Favors. > John Kerry is Opposed. > > * Mel Gibson & the ... http://www.soap3.com/ - 74% Result found by: MSN Web Search

Commonweal ... however he defines it. Prayer and Therapeutic Touch are two ... powers that he uses to study live blood for refined ... of its potential to augment a placebo healing power. For some ... http://www.commonweal.org/pubs/choices/8.html - 74% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

Does Prayer Influence the Success of in Vitro Fertilization-Embryo ... OBJECTIVE: To assess the potential effect of intercessory prayer (IP) on ... The overall treatment success during the time of the study was in line with the ... http://www.reproductivemedicine.com/Features/2001/2001Sep.htm - 74% Result found by: CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter

Placebo question Has anyone got a study which shows that a placebo can definitely show an objective effect. What I mean by 'objective effect' is a chemical change in... http://www.medkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/alternative/9942/Placebo-question - 74% Result found by: HotBot, Lycos, Teoma

Save FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. ON BIPOLAR DISORDER. Poster Abstracts (51-75) 51. ... the patients belief system including prayer. Praying and rituals ... Objective: To carry out a study comparing the ... week double-blind placebo-controlled study. Hamilto http://www.wpic.pitt.edu/stanley/5thbipconf/Abstracts/posters3.htm - 74% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Yahoo!

Save Christian Forums is a free, non-profit and non-denominational online Christian Forum community to unite Christians of every denomination together as one body. ... the drug and placebo has to know which ... be completely objective on a scientific investigat http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?p=880251&postcount=3 - 74% Result found by: Yahoo!

Knowledge Center NEW NIH GRANT TO STUDY DISTANT HEALING AND PLACEBO In a newly funded National ... Spiritual healing, energy healing, and prayer are gaining acceptance among ... http://66.201.42.16/viewitem.php3?id=57&catid=6&kbid=ionsdh - 73% Result found by: CompuServe, AOL Search

Metanexus Institute ... efficacy of prayer was considered in a ... they seem to confuse placebo phenomena with the ... clear whether a single study of the very many ... on the other. No objective criteria are claimed ... http://www.metanexus.net/metanexus_online/show_article.asp?5196 - 73% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

Save ... a placebo effect ... study on germinating seeds done by Dr. Franklin Loehr, a Presbyterian minister and scientist, the objective was to see in a controlled experiment what effect prayer ... http://www.occult-advances.org/nc-spi-power-prayer.shtml - 73% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter, Yahoo!

Can You Pray Your Way To Health? EARLY PRAYER STUDIES Objective attempts to determine ... were in so there could be no placebo effect of ... A large study of prayer and healing... http://www.pastornet.net.au/jmm/articles/11330.htm - 72% Result found by: HotBot, Lycos, Teoma

Faith.com: Article ... or nondirected prayer. One objective of the Spindrift studies was ... hospitalization. During this study, researchers found that ... as a result. SCIENCE, PRAYER, AND THE PLACEBO EFFECT From the ... http://www.faith.com/community/prayer/articles/f_lib_article_hc_effective.html - 72% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut, Yahoo!

The Roots of Consciousness: Folklore, Healing ... together. The response was, "Study my life." Upon awakening from ... polarity balancing, prayer, psychic surgery ... any method can activate a placebo effect which is one of the ... http://www.williamjames.com/Folklore/HEALING.htm - 72% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

Can You Pray Your Way To Health? Studies of "intercessory" prayer--Person A prays for the health of Person ... EARLY PRAYER STUDIES Objective attempts to determine whether prayer has ... http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/11330.htm - 71% Result found by: CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter

Medline database results ... power of the prayer itself may stimulate healing, as the placebo effect suggests ... Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The study examined associations between religious variables and alcohol abuse ... http://www.fifo.org/MedBibliog.html - 71% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), HotBot, Lycos, Yahoo!, Teoma

Mental and Spiritual Results in Science! -- MSM Homeopathic Remedies An experimental study of the effects of distant, intercessory prayer on ... OBJECTIVES: To examine the extent to which ischemia induced by mental stress can ... http://www.bulkmsm.com/homeopathy/homeo4.htm - 71% Result found by: MSN Web Search, CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter

Mind-Body-Spirituality and Health Interactions How the study of energy brings information, and how energy/information offers fresh understanding of certain alternative medicines and of mind... http://www.rosecroixjournal.org/issues/2004_vol_01/articles/vol1_61-76_edwards.pdf - 71% Result found by: HotBot, Lycos, Teoma

Save ... From the study of Psychology, we know ... of prayer gives them plenty of rewards. That is, they exploit the placebo effect ... have done an objective, historical or linguistic analysis ... http://islam-understanding.blogspot.com/2004/11/essence-of-prayer.html - 71% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Yahoo!

Intercessory prayer study analysis Christian Forums is a free, non-profit and non-denominational online Christian Forum community to unite Christians of every denomination together as one body. ... the drug and placebo has to know which ... be completely objective on a scientific investigat http://www.christianforums.com/t47935 - 70% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com)

Knowledge Center NEW NIH GRANT TO STUDY DISTANT HEALING AND PLACEBO In a newly funded National ... Spiritual healing, energy healing, and prayer are gaining acceptance among ... http://66.201.42.16/viewitem.php3?id=57 - 70% Result found by: Netscape Netcenter

M ... to participate in a study of Christian prayer as a therapeutic ... person intercessory prayer alone. Placebo effects are commonly ... subjective and objective measures recommended by ... http://www.sma.org/smj2000/decsmj00/matthews.pdf - 70% Result found by: MSN Web Search

MS Conference 2004 Research: what difference is being made? http://www.mssociety.com.au/vic/ms%20conference/Jack%20Burks.pdf - 70% Result found by: HotBot, Lycos, Teoma

Save ... higher initial scores on objective profiles for the agent ... patient placebo or Hawthorne Effect:ÓLaoire (1993) has shown that simply knowing that one is in a prayer study, whether ... http://www.newthought-apps.net/research.html - 70% Result found by: FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Yahoo!

Knowledge Center ... intercessory prayer, spiritual healing, nondirected ... opportunity to study placebo effects related specifically ... can be attributed to placebo effects. In addition, unless objective means for measuring ... http://66.201.42.16/viewitem.php3 - 69% Result found by: MSN Web Search

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - CIMER - About Complementary/Integrative Medicine ... and art therapy, and prayer and mental healing ... in treating cancer. Placebo A tablet, capsule, or ... being tested during a study. (See Control group ... use criteria such as Objective stabilization ... http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/CIMER/dIndex.cfm?pn=7B632E4A-56B2-11D5-812100508B603A14 - 69% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

Mind/Body Medical Institute ... Effects of Intercessory Prayer: A Replication and Expansion ... closed mitral valvuloplasty. (A study of 1,817 patients). Am Heart J ... 44. Benson H, Epstein MD. The placebo effect--a neglected asset in ... http://www.mbmi.org/pages/bio3.asp - 68% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

RESEARCH PROPOSAL | CONSCIOUSNESS MODEL RE SPIRITUALITY PRAYER ... ... initial scores on objective profiles for the agent ... effect; (2) patient placebo or Hawthorne Effect: ÓLaoire (1993) has shown that simply knowing that one is in a prayer study, whether assigned to ... http://ot-mp.net/research.html - 68% Result found by: MSN Web Search

Save Christian Forums is a free, non-profit and non-denominational online Christian Forum community to unite Christians of every denomination together as one body. ... within randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled experimental protocols ... You've got obj http://www.christianforums.com/t52511 - 68% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), HotBot, Lycos, Yahoo!, Teoma

Is Prayer a Placebo? those who discourage it agree that prayer is not a placebo. Noting ... The objective efficacy of prayer: A double-blind clinical trial. ... http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/107628003321536995 - 67% Result found by: CompuServe, AOL Search, Netscape Netcenter

An old prayer for modern medicine -- Clarfield 167 (12): 1365 -- 6 summarizing 5 randomized placebo-controlled ... of the meta-analysis called for "further study." ... Joyce CR, Welldon RM. The objective... http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/167/12/1365 - 66% Result found by: HotBot, CompuServe, AOL Search, Lycos, Teoma

DISCUSSION FORUM MESSAGE> ... References. Objective: To determine whether remote ... placebo controlled trials of distant healing showed a positive treatment effect. What this study adds. Remote intercessory prayer ... http://www.nlpwhisperinginthewind.com/discussion/ShowMessage.asp?ID=5658 - 66% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Yahoo!

Plastic: OH GOD!!! THE PAIN!!! THE PAIN!!! OH GOD!!! ... many patients. Replace placebo with "holy water" or ... similar to religious prayer in many ways. And ... 10 There is no objective way to measure ... For example, will they study the brain before and ... http://www.plastic.com/article.html;sid=05/01/13/15090911;mode=nested - 66% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

Save ... Objective: To determine whether remote, retroactive intercessory prayer, said for ... placebo controlled trials of distant healing showed a positive treatment effect. What this study ... http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=61047 - 66% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), Yahoo!

Techniques - Effective Prayer ... DreamLight is any more effective than a placebo. A study recently published in Dreaming proved that it ... realm with both subjective and objective elements'; 4., 5., etc. Once made, such judgments ... http://www.mcs.ca/vitalspark/408dream01.html - 66% Result found by: MSN Web Search

10th Annual Clinical and Professional Poster Session ... injury rate of 6 per 100 employees per year. Objective: To describe the epidemiology of needlestick ... seventy-seven injuries were reported during the study period. Injury rate was 2.4 per 100 employees ... http://www.aapa.org/clinissues/posters/CPPS2001.htm - 65% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

Distant Healing Bibliography A methodology for the objective study of transpersonal imagery, Journal of Scientific ... For the prayer studies the effect size was 0.25 (p < .009). ... http://www.stephanaschwartz.com/distant_healing_biblio.htm - 65% Result found by: AltaVista, AOL Search, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), CompuServe, Netscape Netcenter, Yahoo!

Notice -- ISI Web of Knowledge [v3.0] ISI Web of Knowledge. Starting a new session... If a new session is not started automatically in a few seconds, click establish a new session . Acceptable Use Policy Copyright © 2005 The Thomson ... http://isi02.isiknowledge.com/SessionError.cgi - 65% Result found by: MSN Web Search

Chapter Thirteen: Other Remedies For Heart Disease The "non drug", called a placebo, is put in the same type of tablet, ... These double blind studies have the further advantage that an objective stranger ... http://www.oralchelation.net/heartdisease/ChatperThirteen/page13.htm - 64% Result found by: AOL Search, LookSmart, WiseNut, CompuServe, MSN Web Search, Netscape Netcenter

Intercessory Prayer Debate between William Harris & Irwin Tessman The first study is a study by Randolph Byrd, which was the impetus for our study, which is the second one I?ll go over. http://www.csicop.org/articles/20010810-prayer/index.html - 64% Result found by: HotBot, Lycos, Teoma

Office of Special Populations: Strategic Plan To Address Racial and Ethnic H... ... Top Research Objective 3. Determine the ... in Older Black Women, a study of the effects of TM ... a phase II randomized, placebo-controlled clinical ... Ongoing Research: Prayer in Black Women with ... http://nccam.nih.gov/about/plans/healthdisparities/index.htm - 64% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

Stephan A. Schwartz A methodology for the objective study of transpersonal imagery, Journal of Scientific ... herein cannot easily be explained by placebo-type... http://www.stephanaschwartz.com/healing_biblio.htm - 64% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com), HotBot, Lycos, Teoma, Yahoo!

Emotions & Cancer Healing ... as a major lifetime objective. All of this ... far in explaining the placebo or nocebo response ... at all. In a large study of Finnish men, those ... Peace and the Power of Prayer. Braden started off ... http://www.healingcancernaturally.com/emotions.html - 63% Result found by: LookSmart, WiseNut

Hindu Gateway: Article It is impossible to absolutely “control” prayer in a study. ... One objective of the Spindrift studies was to compare the two forms of prayer and see which ... http://www.hindugateway.com/library/prayer/articles/f_lib_article_hc_effective.html - 63% Result found by: AOL Search, CompuServe, Netscape Netcenter

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UAB Health System | Anklyosing Spondylitis: Infliximab Study ... assess the efficacy of infliximab compared with placebo in participants with AS ... The primary objective of the study, notes Shanahan, is to assess the ... http://www.health.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=55669&site=45&return=55656 - 31% Result found by: AOL Search, CompuServe

acupuncture medline references ... objective of the study is to compare the efficacy of electro-acupuncture with placebo ... study comprised of a prospective, randomized, placebo ... non-penetrating placebo-acupuncture, both ... http://dumenat.smbh.univ-paris13.fr/medl/04pdf/2004_11_acu2.HTM - 30% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com)

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Looking at supporting evidence for TT ... TT. The Fedoruk NICU study has been universally ... op pain compared to a placebo. The second uncited study in the sidebar is Wirth's ... power of "intercessory prayer." What Byrd doesn't ... http://www.phact.org/e/tt/kevinr.htm - 30% Result found by: MSN Web Search

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EthChoice ...given by God, are based (directly or indirectly) upon scriptural revelation, and are able to be discerned through reverent and objective study http://www.bethel.edu/~rakrob/files/EthChoice.htm - 29% Result found by: HotBot, Lycos, Teoma

Magical Thinking in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Skeptical ... ... of a deity, as through prayer; but all scholars recognize that ... he cites Frazer's classic study of magic for cross-cultural ... has indicated; 5 and/or 2) the placebo effect, which currently is the ... http://www.csicop.org/si/2001-11/alternative.html - 29% Result found by: MSN Web Search

Save ... the homer record. and the placebo effect might be bunk ... the objective of the study mentioned in the title is to "assess the potential effect of intercessory prayer on pregnancy ... http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/chance_news/recent_news/chance_news_10.09.html - 29% Result found by: Yahoo!

The Chapel - 1/11/04 ...and chalk it up to some sort of placebo power in ... Any objective social analyst would conclude ... A new research study from the Barna... http://www.cedarpark.org/thechapel/services/2004/0111/notes.htm - 28% Result found by: HotBot, Lycos, Teoma

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Enerchi Health - A Complete Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine ... of psychoneuroimmunology; the study of how the brain ... meditation, imagery, humor, prayer, music, and relaxation ... Objective: You will become familiar with the placebo response and ... http://www.enerchihealth.com/lecturedescriptions/lecturedescriptions.html - 27% Result found by: AltaVista, FAST Search (alltheweb.com)

Physicians and Patient Spirituality: Professional Boundaries,... ...divine backdrop could enhance the potential placebo effect by ... 19. Post SG. The IRB, ethics, and the objective study of religion in health. http://annals.highwire.org/cgi/content/full/132/7/578 - 27% Result found by: HotBot, Lycos, Teoma

Save Meaning and Essence of Prayer. By Mansoor Alam. Human beings have been praying for as long as humanity has existed. Rich or poor, literate or illiterate, the urge to pray is equally present in all. ... From the study of Psychology, we know ... of prayer gi http://www.icgt.org/MonitorPastArticles/MeaningofPrayer.htm - 27% Result found by: Yahoo!

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Alternative Health Alternative Medicine and Health ... consider them to be objective and free from bias. After ... means double blind placebo controlled studies. Any study that is not up to this ... treatments such as prayer or creative visualisation. ... http://www.althealthinfo.com/archives/category/alternative-health/ - 26% Result found by: MSN Web Search

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Knowledge Center The methodological issues in the study of intentionality and self-healing are ... Dossey L. Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine. ... http://66.201.42.16/viewitem.php3?id=459&catid=454&kbid=ionsikc - 26% Result found by: AOL Search, CompuServe

AMDF: Bulletin Board Archives - Rheotherapy/Rheopheresis ... offers nothing but a $25,000 placebo. Posted by Richard C. Davis ... had not been completed. That study is concluded now, and the ... not part of the solution. The objective facts here are simple ... http://www.amdf.org/archives/rheo.html - 25% Result found by: WiseNut, LookSmart

Templeton Foundation Press The authors cite scores of studies that examine whether faith and prayer can heal, ... The authors have some unusual views of placebo phenomena. ... http://www.templetonpress.org/recentreviews_detail.asp?book_id=18 - 25% Result found by: Netscape Netcenter

A MULTIPLE COMPUTATIONAL MODEL The latter studies excluded the suggestion (placebo) and were published in ... In this study, patients were not told about the prayer study and doctors did ... http://lkm.fri.uni-lj.si/xaigor/eng/Kononenko-Western%20medicine%20and%20healing.doc - 24% Result found by: AOL Search, CompuServe

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Meaning and Essence of Prayer The prayer normally consists of reciting some words and possibly some body ... From the study of Psychology, we know that words have powerful effect on ... http://www.tolueislam.com/Bazm/Mansoor/MA_Salaat_1.htm - 22% Result found by: Netscape Netcenter

CMDFA - Christian Medical & Dental Fellowship of Australia In a broader sampling of health studies he found 81% with positive results and 4% negative ones.21 He argued ... Is prayer just a well-established placebo? ... http://www.cmdfa.org.au/lukes/2001CourtSpiritualityHealth.html - 21% Result found by: Netscape Netcenter

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