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Can You Pray Your Way to Health?by Gregg Easterbrook:
The Byrd study.
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The Harris study.
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Lower blood pressure than a control group.
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Women in a risk group.
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1,000 seriously ill men.
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Prayer accelerated recovery from depression caused by illness.
Propst L.R, et al. "Religious Values and Psychotherapy and Mental Health."
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Prayer accelerated recovery from anxiety disorder.
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Other academic, peer-reviewed studies have also found.
Koenig, Harold, et al. "Religiosity and Remission of Depression in Medically Ill Older Patients."
American Journal of Psychiatry155(4) (1998): 536-42.
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