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• Clarification: Influence of Prayer on IVF-ET

  http://www.reproductivemedicine.com/toc/auto_abstract.php?id=21868
  Follow up to a report of a masked, randomized trial, by Kwang Y. Cha, Daniel P. Wirth, and Rogerio A. Lobo (2001). Journal of Reproductive Medicine.

• Effects of Remote, Retroactive Intercessory Prayer on Outcomes in Patients With Bloodstream Infection

  http://www.bmj.com/content/323/7327/1450.full
  Randomised controlled trial by Leonard Leibovici. Extensive discussion. British Medical Journal.

• Faith and Healing

  http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/132/2/169
  Article by Linda Gundersen with basic considerations. Annals of Internal Medicine.

• Mind-Body Medicine

  http://www.jabfp.org/cgi/content/full/16/2/131
  Article by John A Astin et al. on the state of the Science and implications for practice. Extensive bibliography. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice.

• Positive Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer in a Coronary Care Unit Population

  http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/smj.doc
  The classical trial by Randolph C Byrd, which initiated the research in the field. Originally: Southern Medical Journal.[DOC]

• Rosary Prayer and Yoga Mantras

  http://www.bmj.com/content/323/7327/1446
  A comparative study by Luciano Bernardi et al. shows the similar effects of both forms of religious practice on cardiovascular rhythms. British Medical Journal.

• The Efficacy of "Distant Healing"

  http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/132/11/903
  A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials by John Astin et al. Annals of Internal Medicine.

• The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

  http://www.bmj.com/content/321/7269/1133
  Article advocating the unbiased use of scientific proven forms of medicine respecting patient's demand by E. Ernst. British Medical Journal

 

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