Friday, July 15, 2005

Distant Prayer Doesn't Improve Clinical Outcome For Patients Undergoing Coronary Procedures

"Praying for patients undergoing heart procedures off-site or giving them bedside therapy involving music, imagery, and touch (MIT) does not measurably improve their clinical outcome, suggests a study published in this week's issue of The Lancet."

2 comments:

Gerald T said...

How about when the Medical Insurance Industry Ghouls prey upon the sick?

fleeting-improvised-man

Mac said...

I'm effectively "anti-religion," but I'm not writing off prayer. Although if cornered, I'd gently suggest that just because it might work in some circumstances in no way validates the hulking superstitious meme-complex through which we generally interpret it.