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Rice sociologist looks at pediatric physicians' views on religion, spirituality

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pediatricians and pediatric oncologists express differing views on religion and spirituality, largely based on the types of patients they treat, according to a survey that will appear in the current edition ...


Religion and medicine: Sometimes a healing prescription

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

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 ...


Vast majority of physicians satisfied with hospital chaplain services

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A national survey of physicians' experience with hospital chaplains found that the vast majority of doctors were satisfied with the spiritual services provided. Physicians in the Northeast and those with a dim view of religion's ...


Spirituality is key to kids' happiness

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 11

To make children happier, we may need to encourage them to develop a strong sense of personal worth, according to Dr. Mark Holder from the University of British Columbia in Canada and his colleagues Dr. Ben Coleman and Judi ...





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Religion habit cuts anxiety in women

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 01, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

For many, religious activity changes between childhood and adulthood, and a new study finds this could affect one’s mental health.


Spirituality plays role in breast cancer information processing for African-American women

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created Jan 31, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 178,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die as a result of breast cancer in 2007. One way to battle these numbers is through increased ...


Spirituality increases as alcoholics recover

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created Mar 19, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

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 ...


New guidelines for incorporating spirituality in end-of-life care

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created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Religious beliefs focus too much on self

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created Jan 17, 2008 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (17) | comments 1

Moving away from traditional religious beliefs to trendy, self-focused religions and spirituality is not making young adults happier, according to new research.


Some patients diagnosed with HIV experience improved outlook on life

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study from researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and the Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center reaffirms that some patients with HIV experience an improved quality of life following their ...


Spirituality may help women manage chronic illness

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created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As women increasingly outlive men, they face increasing risks of chronic illness as they age.


Spirituality protects against depression better than church attendance

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 23, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 8

Those who worship a higher power often do so in different ways. Whether they are active in their religious community, or prefer to simply pray or meditate, new research out of Temple University suggests that a person's religiousness ...


Spiritual beliefs, practices may help smokers quit

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created May 07, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...


Why Weight Watchers succeeds: Meetings provide a blend of spirituality and therapy

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created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weight Watchers is the world's largest support group, with more than 1.5 million members worldwide. What makes overweight consumers turn to this organization for help? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says d ...



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