Distant Intercessory Prayer
Study on the effects for improved task performance in an employment setting by Lynn Munson and Douglas Degelman. Vanguard University of Southern California. [PDF]
Does Prayer Influence the Success of in Vitro Fert
Report of a masked, randomized trial, by Kwang Y. Cha, Daniel P. Wirth, and Rogerio A. Lobo (2001). Journal of Reproductive Medicine 46(9).
Effects of Intercessory Prayer on Patients With Rh
Trial by Dale A Matthews, Sally Marlowe, and Francis MacNutt. Southern Medical Journal. [PDF]
Effects of Remote, Retroactive Intercessory Prayer
Randomised controlled trial by Leonard Leibovici. Extensive discussion. British Medical Journal.
Empirical Explorations of Prayer, Distant Healing,
Article by William Braud (Institut for Transpersonal Psychology), originally in: Journal of Religion and Psychical Research. [PDF]
Faith and Healing
Article by Linda Gundersen with basic considerations. Annals of Internal Medicine.
Free Inquiry: Can Science Prove that Prayer Works?
Skeptical article by anthropologist and biblical scholar Hector Avalos. Council for Secular Humanism quarterly magazine.
Intercessory Prayer and Cardiovascular Disease Pro
A Randomized Controlled Trial by Jennifer M Aviles et al. Mayo Clin Proc.
Is Prayer Clinically Effective?
Article by David G Myers on the psychology of prayer, originally presented in: Reformed Review.
Mind-Body Medicine
Article by John A Astin et al. on the state of the Science and implications for practice. Extensive bibliography. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice.
Positive Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Praye
The classical trial by Randolph C Byrd, which initiated the research in the field. Originally: Southern Medical Journal.[DOC]
Prayer and Medical Science
Article by Larry Dossey, originally in: Archives of Internal Medicine.
Prayer as Medicine: debunked
Extract of a weblog (Gene Expression) run by opinionated scientists focusing at the publication bias or shift in conclusions in different publications.
Prayer, Faith, and Health
David G Myers' commentary on the background of the Harvard Prayer Experiment. Originally: in Reformed Review.
Religious Commitment and Health Status
A Review of the Research and Implications for Family Medicine by Dale A Matthews et al. Archives of Family Medicine.
Religious Involvement and Mortality:
A Meta-Analytic Review by Michael E McCullough et al. Health Psychology.
Rosary Prayer and Yoga Mantras
A comparative study by Luciano Bernardi et al. shows the similar effects of both forms of religious practice on cardiovascular rhythms. British Medical Journal.
Secular Versus Christian Inpatient Cognitive-Behav
Impact on depression and spiritual well-being by RS Hawkins et al. Journal of Psychology and Theology.
Should Physicians Prescribe Religious Activities?
Critical editorial by Richard P Sloan et al. The New England Journal of Medicine. [PDF]
The Efficacy of "Distant Healing"
A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials by John Astin et al. Annals of Internal Medicine.
The Physical Basis of Intentional Healing Systems
Experimental healing research is presented in the context of a survey of laboratory and field studies of anomalous interactions of mind and machine by Roger D Nelson. Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research [PDF].
The Prayer Experiment
Essay by Russel Stannard reviewing philosophical and methodological considerations for experimentation into prayer. Second Opinion magazine.
The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Article advocating the unbiased use of scientific proven forms of medicine respecting patient's demand by E. Ernst. British Medical Journal
The Significance of Statistics in Mind-Matter Rese
Basic considerations on the use of statistics in research by Jessica Utts (1999). Journal of Scientific Exploration, 13(4), 615-638. [PDF]