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Originally Posted by fleury
A few years back (I'm a bit lazy to look it up, but I'm pretty sure it was a University study), divided a group of individuals up into two (don't think it was as large of a sample as the one above, but it was quite substantial IIRC), and the study concluded that the patients who were prayed for did something like twice better than those not prayed for. The patients did not know they were being prayed for though. It was an interesting read.
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There was one from 2001 where 3 Columbia University researches did a test where prayer for women undergoing in-vitro ferilization resulted in a pregnancy rate of 50%, double that of women who did not receive prayer. That was pretty well covered back then. However the study was found to not only have numerous methodological errors, but one of the study's authors lied about his M.D. and has been indicted on felony charges for mail fraud and theft. Eventually the Journal of Reproductive Medicine removed the study from their site and the University is launching an investigation.