Faith Healing

From: NPR All Things Considered | Date: November 25, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: This is NPR's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.

I'm Linda Wertheimer.

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel. Over the centuries, many cultures have assumed a connection between faith and healing.

Modern Western medicine is rediscovering that connection. For example, some research has shown that prayer and meditation can help reduce blood pressure. One recent medical study examined what happens when people rely exclusively on faith to deal with medical problems. As NPR's Lynn Neary reports, it came up with some disturbing results.

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