anonymous wrote:
How do you explain the scientifically
proven fact that prayer improves the
health of suffering patients who are
unaware of the prayer?
Wade T. Smith replied:
This series of experiments is highly
suspect both to protocol and to outcome.
Within the 'scientific community' this
has not been proved, there have indeed
not been adequately structured trials.
anonymous responded:
I was unaware of this contention. Can you
elaborate and substantiate, please?
Wade T. Smith countered:
No, I was unaware of any reputable
published studies proving your contention....
anonymous concedes:
I have not read the research. I only heard
of it on the news. I have searched medline
and have not found an article which exactly
matches my recollection of the news I heard.
I have attached the results of my medline
search for your information. In light of my
failure to find the appropriate artice and the
fact that the closes one lacks an abstract and
the fact that I have not the resources to obtain
the article itself, I shall withdraw my contention.
P.S.: I have unsubscribed from the Virus List.
I have enjoyed it immensely. I accept some but
not all of it's principles. Anyone wishing to respond
to a post of mine after Wed 3/12/97 8:22 PM
should e-mail me directly at anon@ou.edu.
Thank you for the chance to spar with you.
The following is an unedited result of my medline
search.
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Bearon LB; Koenig HG, Gerontologist
1990 Apr; 30 (2): 249-53
5. Prayer, meditation, exercise,
and special diets: behaviors of
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Carson VB, J Assoc Nurses AIDS
Care 1993 Jul-Sep; 4 (3): 18-28
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Kaye J; Robinson KM, Image J Nurs
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and blind luck: statistical
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Evidence for long-range correlations
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Neurophysiol 1988 Feb; 69 (2): 91-9
16. The psychophysiology of
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Cram JR, Int J Psychosom 1994;
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17. Anterior brain electrical
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Davidson RJ; Senulis JA,
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Am J Hum Genet 1990 Feb; 46 (2):
266-72
Regards,
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