Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer in cardiac bypass patients

Scientists have done a full-scale study on whether or not intercessory prayer helps people recover from cardiac bypass surgery. The conclusions - that receiving prayers had no effect, but people knowing that they were receiving prayers had more complications - is interesting. Not sure what, if anything, that proves, but the abstract/conclusions and an article from the NY times are under the cut. At the very least, it's an interesting look at the interplay of science and religion.The article is especially interesting - it's nice to see an unbiased bit of journalism on a contentious issue.

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