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Religion and medicine: Sometimes a healing prescription
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Do pediatric oncologists feel that religion is a bridge or a barrier to their work? Or do they feel it can be either, depending on whether their patients are recovering or deteriorating? A novel Brandeis University study ...
Spirituality may help women manage chronic illness
Jul 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As women increasingly outlive men, they face increasing risks of chronic illness as they age.
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Medical team's support of terminal cancer patients' spiritual needs improves quality of life
Dec 15, 2009 |
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In a new study of terminally ill cancer patients, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found support of patients' spiritual needs by the medical team is associated with greater use of hospice, less aggressive care, ...
Selflessness, core of all major world religions, has neuropsychological connection
Dec 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- All spiritual experiences are based in the brain. That statement is truer than ever before, according to a University of Missouri neuropsychologist. An MU study has data to support a neuropsychological model ...
Spiritual beliefs, practices may help smokers quit
May 07, 2007 |
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Unlike many traditional alcohol and drug dependence treatment programs, mainstream smoking cessation programs generally exclude spiritual practice and beliefs from the treatment process. But a study by Oregon Health & Science ...
Religious beliefs focus too much on self
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Moving away from traditional religious beliefs to trendy, self-focused religions and spirituality is not making young adults happier, according to new research.
New guidelines for incorporating spirituality in end-of-life care
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Guidelines derived from a recent Consensus Conference, including recommendations on the role of healthcare providers in the assurance of quality spiritual care to patients in a palliative care setting, are published in a ...
Spirituality increases as alcoholics recover
Mar 19, 2007 |
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For decades, recovering alcoholics and those who treat them have incorporated spirituality into the recovery process — whether or not it's religious in nature. But few research studies have documented if and how spirituality ...
Study: Religious belief declines in Britain
Aug 18, 2005 |
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A British study indicates religious belief is declining faster than attendance at services across the United Kingdom.
Psychiatrists: Least religious but most interested in patients' religion
Dec 10, 2007 |
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Although psychiatrists are among the least religious physicians, they seem to be the most interested in the religious and spiritual dimensions of their patients, according to survey data published in the December issue of ...
Study: Believers' inferences about God's beliefs are uniquely egocentric
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Religious people tend to use their own beliefs as a guide in thinking about what God believes, but are less constrained when reasoning about other people's beliefs, according to new study published in the ...
'Back-breaking' work beliefs contribute to health workers' pain
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Whether from heaving, twisting, bending or bad lifting postures, it's well known that caring for the sick or elderly can lead to back pain. This often results in time off work or dropping out of caring professions altogether. ...
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