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Prayer Studies Prayer Studies: Collection of skeptical articles on the power of prayer in medical healing by Gary Posner (up to 2002). (Prayer) http://members.aol.com/garypos/prayer.html John Templeton Foundation Prayer Study Archive John Templeton Foundation Prayer Study Archive: Collection of scientific research articles and media articles exploring the power of intercessory prayer on health. (Prayer) http://www.templeton.org/spirituality_and_health/archives.asp Medical Miracles and Theology Medical Miracles and Theology: A research project by Niels C Hvidt; excerpts of publications. (Prayer) http://www.hvidt.com/en/PostDoc/ Transcendent and Spiritual Experiences of Scientists Transcendent and Spiritual Experiences of Scientists: Web-site with collected accounts from scientists about their transcendent, transpersonal, mystical, paranormal, or psychic experiences, here: Healing on Distance. (Prayer) http://www.issc-taste.org/arc/dbo.cgi?set=expom&id=00084&ss=1 Problems with Prayer and Faith Healing Problems with Prayer and Faith Healing: Collected critiques of prayer on the website of Guide to Atheism & Agnosticism. (Prayer) http://atheism.about.com/cs/problemswithpray/ Samueli Institute Samueli Institute: A non-profit, non-affiliated organization conducting and supporting research on the biology of healing and the therapeutic relationship. (Prayer) http://www.samueliinstitute.org/ ABCNEWS.com: Can Prayer Heal? ABCNEWS.com: Can Prayer Heal?: Brief article reviewing extant research on remote healing. (Prayer) http://abcnews.go.com/sections/Downtown/2020/Downtown_010813_remotehealing_feature.html The Miracle-Leg The Miracle-Leg: The ultimative answer to a prayer, but: "This is the kind of thing that I wouldn't believe, even if it were true!" (Prayer) http://www.tracce.it/arch98/NOV98/ingl11/38in.htm TIME: Investigating the Power of Prayer TIME: Investigating the Power of Prayer: Critical comment by Leon Jaroff against national funding of prayer studies. (Prayer) http://www.time.com/time/columnist/jaroff/article/0,9565,193084,00.html Psychology of Prayer Psychology of Prayer: Notes and bibliographic references for D. Andrew Kille's lecture on prayer, a part of the Pastoral Ministries Program at Santa Clara University. (Prayer) http://home.att.net/~revdak/spir243/lecture06.htm Newsweek: Faith and Healing Newsweek: Faith and Healing: The cover story discusses shortly the main issues in investigating faith and health. (Prayer) http://www.msnbc.com/news/992582.asp?cp1=1 BBC News: Does Prayer Work? BBC News: Does Prayer Work?: Review of evidence for answered prayer for world peace and health. (Prayer) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1844076.stm Obgyn.net: Prayer May Influence In Vitro Fertilization Success Obgyn.net: Prayer May Influence In Vitro Fertilization Success: Review of Lobo et al's (2001) double blind study into the effects of intercessory prayer on IVF success. (Prayer) http://www.obgyn.net/newsrx/womens_health-Fertility-20011018-16.asp Discovery Channel Canada: The Power of Prayer? Discovery Channel Canada: The Power of Prayer?: Four video stories hosted by Jay Ingram investigating remote prayer. Includes interview with Duke University's Dr. Mitchell Krucoff. (Prayer) http://exn.ca/Stories/2001/11/20/52.asp International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality: Complete documentation of a three day conference (2003) covering all aspects in the field. (Prayer) http://www.nihr.org/conference/summary/summaryindex.cfm Boundary Institute Boundary Institute: A nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to research of anomalous phenomena related to consciousness (which might contribute to explain intercessory prayer). (Prayer) http://www.boundaryinstitute.org/ Scientific Research on Prayer Scientific Research on Prayer: Debra Williams' review of research attempting to prove the power of prayer. (Prayer) http://www.plim.org/PrayerDeb.htm Research Approaches in Spiritual Healing Research Approaches in Spiritual Healing: Extensive collection of studies, discussions and recommendations to the topic by Daniel J Benor. (Prayer) http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/Research/RschTop.htm#RCTe Intercessory Prayer Debate between W Harris & I Tessman Intercessory Prayer Debate between W Harris & I Tessman: Is there scientific evidence that intercessory prayer speeds medical recovery? A Debate. Published at the CSICOP-site with other critical articles. (Prayer) http://www.csicop.org/articles/20010810-prayer/index.html