1.0Beliefnet Newshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/newsnsymmondshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/author/nsymmondsStudy Suggests Worship Services Reduces Risk of Deathrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="27Wlp3BlRF"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2008/11/study-suggests-worship-service">Study Suggests Worship Services Reduces Risk of Death</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2008/11/study-suggests-worship-service/embed#?secret=27Wlp3BlRF" width="600" height="338" title="“Study Suggests Worship Services Reduces Risk of Death” — Beliefnet News" data-secret="27Wlp3BlRF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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JERUSALEM (RNS) Regularly attending religious services may significantly reduce the risk of death, according to a comprehensive study by researchers at Yeshiva University and its medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Findings of the study were published in Psychology and Health, the official journal of the European Health Psychology Society.…