Praying for sick people does not aid their recovery, at least according to a new study of heart surgery patients. The findings will be published in the April 4 issue of The American Heart Journal. Dr.

The largest medical study of the efficacy of intercessory prayer in healing has found that it has no effect on patients’ recovery from heart-bypass surgery, researchers announced on Thursday. Patients ...

For the last few Fridays we’ve been looking at some of the classic Christian exercises called Spiritual Disciplines. Following Donald Whitney’s excellent book, “Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian ...

BOSTON, Oct. 31, 2001 — -- A new study released today in the American Heart Journal says prayer helps the heart when combined with mainstream medical procedures. Duke researchers studied 150 ...