主题：【文摘】也谈乙肝的治法 -- 净土居

1). RESULTS: Subjects improved significantly on all 11 measures. Agents improved significantly on 10 measures. A significant positive correlation was found between the amount of prayer the agents did and their scores on the five objective tests...

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2). Conclusions: Remote, intercessory prayer was associated with lower CCU course scores. This result suggests that prayer may be an effective adjunct to standard medical care.

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3). Conclusions: Remote, retroactive intercessory prayer said for a group is associated with a shorter stay in hospital and shorter duration of fever in patients with a bloodstream infection and should be considered for use in clinical practice.”

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4). CONCLUSIONS: As delivered in this study, intercessory prayer had no significant effect on medical outcomes after hospitalization in a coronary care unit.

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5). Conclusion: A statistically significant difference was observed for the effect of IP on the outcome of IVF-ET, though the data should be interpreted as preliminary.

Journal of Reproductive Medicine

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6). Intercessory Prayer and Its Effect on Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

This (2000) study suggested that personal intercessory prayer was useful in the medical treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, improving overall health. However, distant prayer showed no overall improvement.

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7). A technique known as therapeutic touch, prayer on someone's behalf and other kinds of "distance healing" may have a positive effect on patients, according to a University of Maryland School of Medicine researcher, who has reviewed dozens of studies. His findings are published in the June 6th edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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上述7项研究中的6项 显示祈祷是有用的. 注意: 这还不是病人自己的祈祷, 而是在病人不知情的情况下, 别人(不与病人谋面)为他们作的祈祷.

可以猜想, 病人自己的祈祷、或念佛, 会比别人为他们作的祈祷更管用.