July 27, 2017 Tyler J. VanderWeele, PhD1; Tracy A. Balboni, MD, MPH2,3; Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH1,4 JAMA. Published online July 27, 2017. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.8136 For centuries, physicians and other healers have witnessed how illness focuses attention on “ultimate meaning, purpose, and transcendence, and … relationship to self, family, others, community, society, nature, and the significant or sacred.”1 […]
JAMA internal medicine TAKE-HOME MESSAGE A cohort of 74,534 healthy women was followed for 20 years to evaluate the relationship between attendance at religious services and mortality. Women who attended a religious service two or more times a week had a 33% lower all-cause mortality rate than those who never attended (HR, 0.73 for cardiovascular […]
Effect of prayer on intensity of migraine headache: a randomized clinical trial Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 02/15/2016 Tajadini H, et al. Migraine is a common form of headache that affects patients quality of life negatively. In addition to pharmacologic treatment, there are a variety of nonpharmacologic treatments for migraine headache. In present […]
By Kathryn Doyle August 10, 2015 10:43 AM (Reuters Health) – Cancer patients who report more religiousness or spirituality may also experience fewer physical symptoms of cancer and treatment and more social connection, several new papers suggest. The new analyses reviewed previous studies of spirituality involving more than 44,000 cancer patients altogether. The studies varied […]
J Altern Complement Med. 2014 Oct 24. [Epub ahead of print] Changes in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Across Cancer Treatment and Relationship to Stress, Mood, and Quality of Life. Kang DH, McArdle T, Suh Y. Abstract Objectives: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is prevalent, but specific use of CAM across cancer treatment is […]
People turn to prayer ‘as a coping response to the high demands in life’ and are rewarded with an increased ability to resist temptation Previous findings have shown that when people try to control their emotions, the risk of aggressive outbursts and binge drinking rises By ROBIN YAPP PUBLISHED: 10:56 EST, 29 November 2013 | […]
Spirituality May Boost Outcomes in Ovarian Ca Published: Mar 10, 2013 By Cole Petrochko , Staff Writer, MedPage Today LOS ANGELES — Ovarian cancer patients who reported high levels of spirituality presurgery had better outcomes for stress and depression, as well as factors known to regulate tumor angiogenesis and inflammation, researchers reported here. Self-report of […]