Can Prayers Heal? Critics Say Studies Go Past Science's Reach
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The government has spent $2.3 million in the past 4 years to study something that critics say has nothing to do with science.
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A debate over a hypothesis that cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells could affect the path of research.
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Volunteers are to be 'burnt' by scientists to see if faith eases pain.
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When Sister Kathleen Treanor's soul ascends to heaven, her brain will go to a less ethereal realm: a medical lab in Kentucky. Two decades ago, Sister Treanor and 677 other members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame granted a young researcher's request to test them each year in order to track the progression of Alzheimer's disease and other age-related brain disorders.
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After nearly a decade of debate, no one can say for sure whether radiation from cell phones is harmful to humans or not. So researchers are conducting a series of independent studies to try to settle the matter. By Joanna Glasner.
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Science News, London: &quot;God genes&quot; are responsible for creating religious fanatics, says new scientific research - much to the chagrin of church representatives.
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Three out of five doctors in a Jerusalem study admit to giving their patients placebos to see whether believing in these ineffective medications will improve their conditions, according to an article published in the latest issue of the British Medical
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Patients should beware of so-called stem cell wonder cures as most have not been properly tested, experts say.
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A visit to church may be good for the  soul but not so good for the lungs, a new study shows.
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Exploring the reasons people swear by treatments that have no scientific evidence backing them.
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Scientific tests on a range of traditional remedies have shown they have "real benefits", researchers say.
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Science & environment: Experts welcome drop in unfounded claims, but gaffes still cause concern
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A provocative study asks whether religion is a product of evolution. Inside a quest for the roots of faith
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Television entertainment programs mention God more often than they did in the mid-1990s but tend to depict organized religion negatively, a study released Thursday said.
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Â· Studies have exaggerated benefits, say scientists  Â· Mass vaccine programme called into question
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Instead of using surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation, researchers from the National Institutes of Health are finding so-far limited but inspiring success in a new approach for fighting cancer, using the immune system to attack the tumors the way it would a cold or flu.
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Going to church may be good for the soul, but some Dutch researchers say it may not be so healthy for the lungs.