[escepticos] RV: Believe them (or not) ...

["Javier Armentia" <planetario@...>]

En fin... me veo que la nueva ministra de sanidad lo usará para disminuir
las listas de esperas de pacientes cardiovasculares, si nadie lo impide (me
informaré, que lo mismo los grupos de rezos e imposición de manos son ya
práctica habitual en la C.U.N.... Bueno, qué tontería, claro que sí, que
todos los días te pasa el médico y el cura, y alguna que otra monjuela a
echar unos salmos) (Nota: CUN: Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, la del
OPUS, la segunda empresa de la autonomía)
Saludos

javier armentia

----- Mensaje original -----
De: John Atkinson <jha-sl en manx2.demon.co.uk>
Asunto: Believe them (or not) ...


>         From the (UK) Daily Mail Tuesday 6 June 2000:
>
>
>         Believe them or not, healing hands really do work
>
>         by Andrew Chapman, Science Correspondent
>
>
>         Science has always treated
>         the claims made for the power
>         of prayer and healing touch
>         with great scepticism.
>
>         But an exhaustive analysis of all
>         the available evidence has come
>         down firmly on the side of the
>         healers.
>
>         After reviewing dozens of stud-
>         ies, scientists believe they have
>         found evidence that such uncon-
>         ventional treatments can reduce
>         pain and speed recovery from ill-
>         ness. The results surprised
>         researchers at the University of
>         Maryland, who had not expected
>         to find any spiritual intervention
>         had any effect.
>
>         One of the most compelling
>         studies appeared to show that
>         heart patients who are being
>         prayed for do better than those
>         who are not. Researchers exam-
>         ined the condition of almost 1,000
>         patients attending a coronary unit
>         in Kansas City, Missouri, over a
>         year. Without their knowledge or
>         that of the doctors, they were
>         enrolled in a trial to see if inter-
>         cessory power - prayer on some-
>         body else's behalf - could help
>         them improve.
>
>         Volunteers from a prayer group,
>         contacted by the hospital chap-
>         lain, prayed for those patients
>         whose medical record carried an
>         even number over four weeks. The
>         470 patients who were prayed for
>         did significantly better than the
>         520 who were not, according to the
>         study. They suffered ten per cent
>         fewer complications.
>
>         Dr John Astin, who led the study
>         at the university's school of medi-
>         cine, examined 22 other studies
>         that had looked into alleged bene-
>         fits of 'therapeutic touch.'
>
>         Dt Astin, who declared himself
>         an 'open-minded sceptic', said
>         there was compelling evidence for
>         a positive effect. His findings, pub-
>         lished today in the Annals of Inter-
>         nal Medicine, demonstrate that 57
>         per cent of the studies showed a
>         positive impact on patients, such
>         as less pain.
>
>         'Statistically speaking, the figure
>         of 57 per cent is highly significant,'
>         said Dr Astin. 'This is far more
>         that one would expect to see by
>         chance alone.' Roy Hutcheson, a
>         spokesman for the UK's National
>         Federation of Spiritual Healers,
>         said the results offered the first
>         real 'scientific proof' for the meth-
>         ods of his 6,400 members.
>
>
> --
> John Atkinson
> http://www.manx2.demon.co.uk/index.htm
> Email: jha en bigfoot.com
>