The Science of Prayer: For a Good Healthy Body, Mind and Soul Prayer is Medicine

Science has started believing that prayer is an excellent medicine.

The National Institute of Health, an American health organization, recently conducted a research study by carrying out 42 different types of test on 1,26,000 persons. The research team arrived that the conclusion that "if your wish for a happy and healthy life, take benefits of visiting a spiritual centre and pray". The chief coordinator of the study, Dr. Maclog, is of the opinion, "spiritually inclined people find their way through even the most tense situations. They of course, receive divine inspiration and guidance to tackle their difficult circumstances and sorrows. This is to help them lead a healthy life". Physician and researcher Larry Dossery, in his book "Healing words: the power of prayer and the practice of medicine" scans over 300 studies that have been conducted worldwide including some at Harvard, Stanford and Princeton universities. Most of these studies show that praying can have dramatic healing effects.

Scientists are now exploring the nature if God. All over the medical establishments, scientists are seeking the most ethical and effective way to combine patients' own spiritual beliefs with high-tech medical treatment. Mutual-fund tycoon Sir John Templeton spends as much as $30 million a year funding scientific projects that explore the nature of God. The U.S. National Institutes of Health plans to spend $3.5 million over the next several years on mind-body medicines. "There's been a tremendous shift in the medical profession's openness to this topic of effectiveness of prayers," says Dr. Andrew Newbery, a neurologist at the University of Pennsylvania, who is studding the biological effects of meditation and prayer on the brain.

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