I have read studies in which faith was shown to have a positive impact upon recovery rates. I would assume that would also include prayer. It didn[t matter as much WHAT the patients had faith IN, only that they had faith in something outside of themselves, as I recall.

It seems to me I read this in a medical journal and the study was done at a big cancer center somewhere in Texas. Unfortunately, I read this nearly 30 years ago when I was a hospital chaplain in Kentucky, so the details are pretty sketchy.

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