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Can prayers really heal?
Catherine McDiarmid-Watt |
Friday, February 06, 2009 |
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A study in the US Journal of Reproductive Medicine found that prayer doubles the success rate of IVF.
When volunteers were asked to pray for certain couples having fertility treatment, the women who were mentioned in the prayers had a 50 per cent pregnancy rate - twice the level of success compared to those who were not mentioned.
Like many health studies looking at prayer, the IVF patients had no idea what was happening - so their own faith did not influence results. The findings are backed by an earlier study which found that prayers boosted the health of heart patients.
Full story: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/article2212534.ece
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About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost that precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted that there will be no more babies in our house.
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A study in the US Journal of Reproductive Medicine found that prayer doubles the success rate of IVF.
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