The innovations and great leaps in the field of medicine made human lifespan longer through the years. Thanks to these advances, patients can be cured of many diseases that in the past, claimed countless lives. Other than these advances a strange force can somehow make someone live longer who is suffering from a disease; The power of prayers.
Science even confirmed that faith and positive thinking can make someone live longer and even survive a deadly disease, even cancer. The research that proved the power of prayers and positive thinking became well documented in the late 90's. Carl Sagan's thought provoking book named Demon Haunted World featured the research. It was conducted by Standford University psychiatrists.
Scientists are known critics of faith healing. But it is also interesting to consider the power of prayers and how it might help patients to cope with their diseases up to their recovery. Indeed, the corporate scientific approach in medicine involving synthetic substances works for sick people. Doctors should also cheer up sick people for their faster recovery, because the patient's belief is essential for his/her recuperation too(simply put, a spiritual placebo effect).
(c) the national hub
(c) the national hub
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