02 Jul '09 15:29>
Originally posted by Diodorus Siculusthat is one study- and nothing to do with the abstract i referenced
Remote prayer has no evidence to support it as a adjunct in medical science. On the contrary, actually praying for someone appeared to lead to a death in the MANTRA (Monitoring and Actualization of Noetic TRAinings) study on morbidity/mortality data.
“If one takes the trouble to read the MANTRA I study,” says Skolnick, “ one can see that the pray ...[text shortened]... itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
the latest systematic review (abstract) i found says:
"Meta-analysis indicated small, but significant, effect sizes for the use of intercessory prayer (g =–.171, p =.015). "
don't get me wrong, i have no axe to grind and am not necessarily suggesting prayer be used in hospitals (i am not religous per se- just as open minded as i can be)
my interest in this is piqued, but not substantial atm, so i have not read the papers themselves, so cannot say if they are flawed or not