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Why Attending Religious Services May Benefit Health

Weekly attendance to houses of worship is associated with lower mortality rates and healthier lifestyles.

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The Latest on Prayer, Touch, and Healing

Related Topics: Health, Prayer, Prayer Groups, patients, touch therapies didnt, cardiac mortality rates, lowest death rates, Columbia University College of Physicians, touch, prayer question, group

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Nanotechnology Will Reshape Humanity

Suffering doesn't make us better people. We should embrace technology that helps us overcome it.

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Swami Uptown Archive: February 2005

Jesse Kornbluth's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

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Swami Uptown Archive: June 2004

Jesse Kornbluth's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

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Death Needs a Holiday

At midnight on Halloween, I light candles to help the spirits find their way back--and I feel surrounded by a radiance of love.

Related Topics: Faiths, Halloween, Death, Holiday, dead hamsters carrots, candle, maraschino cherries, people gather, letters theyve, Ancestors, people travel home

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The Year My Heart Learned to Stay Open

Ever since I was evacuated from the WTC site, my work and my spirituality have been infused with the painful lessons of 9/11.

Related Topics: Faiths, Life, Experience, north tower, tower, teaching surrender, religious leaders, Light, church leaders, people scream, self sacrifice

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Can You Pray Your Way to Health?

Studies show that praying for your own health may be beneficial, but they are less conclusive about when others pray for you.

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Rudy Must Quit on Moral Grounds

Related Topics: News, Mayor, Giuliani, zero tolerance, inner moral code, Mortality, mayors decision making capacity, mid life mortality crisis, cancer cell, Stress, cancer patients

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Beyond Cholesterol

Cynicism, hostility, and isolation have been identified as factors of heart disease

Related Topics: Health, Heart Disease, Physical Health, Emotional Health, Wellness, Alternative Health, hostility, patients, Heart Attacks, Study, Social Support, coronary artery disease, emotional support, cholesterol levels