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New Site Combines Spiritual and Medical Guidance

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:30:00 EST

By: Sylvia Booth Hubbard

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 9:44 AM

America is a spiritual country. According to a Gallup Poll, 94 percent of Americans believe in a higher power. When we become ill, 75 percent of us want our doctor to include spiritual aspects as a part of our medical treatment. Almost 50 percent of us want our doctors to pray, not just for us but with us, and 43 percent of doctors admit they pray for their patients privately.

Many studies have investigated the impact of spirituality on health. Although the results are often controversial, some studies have found that those who participate in organized religion are healthier and live longer. Prayer has been shown to restrain the growth of cancer cells and promote healing, and some studies have even shown prayer to be effective when the subject is at a great distance.

That being said, discussing prayer and religious beliefs can be a very difficult subject for both patient and doctor. To help patients and medical professionals get the tools they need, Temple Foundation Press has launched the website Spirit-Health Connections (www.spirit-health.org.).

The site brings together resources for those interested in the connection between spirituality and healing. Patients, medical professionals, spiritual care providers, researchers and students will all find cutting edge research and other information that will help them integrate health and healing into their professions and personal lives.

The website provides:

Links to recently published articles on health and spirituality
Prayers of support for health providers of all faiths, including Christian prayers from several denominations appropriate in the death of a child, and Buddhist prayers for the sick.
“Ask an Expert” section which allows readers to email questions on spirituality and health that will be answered by experts
A calendar of events lists lectures and conferences across the nation along with contact information
Links to centers and universities worldwide that study health and religion
Excerpts from books for medical professionals, spiritual advisors, and researchers that explore spirituality and health
A media section which features video and audio files that can be downloaded free of charge.

Although some scientists say there is no rational explanation of how prayer works, others counter with the fact that aspirin was used effectively for hundreds of years before science figured out how it works. “Yesterday’s science fiction often becomes tomorrow’s science,” John A. Astin of the California Pacific Medical Center told the Washington Post.

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New Site Combines Spiritual and Medical Guidance