Prayer has no effect on heart patients in U.S. study(Note: Not "bizarre, prayer has no effect," but "bizarre, someone would actually study this.")
Having people pray for heart bypass patients had no effect on their recoveries in an American study, researchers say.
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I'd heard in the past that prayer does work, though not necessarily from a "God listens" standpoint. I don't have the time or inclination to go hunt for studies right now, but I know I've read in the past that the mindset of the patient has an effect on their chances of recovery, and that praying and having others pray for them increased the patient's positive outlook, thus increasing their chances of recovery. So I find it interesting that there was "no effect" in this study.
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