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...hown a majority of patients are open to discussing religion with their doctors and want their doctors to at le..., a majority reported they accepted a link between religion and health, yet only 8 percent discussed spirituality in any detail with their patients. Less than a...Cancer patients may lower their expectations
...ities, ability to communicate, financial security, religion and health. Anxiety and depression levels of participants were also measured. The study results are published in the current issue of the journal Psycho-Oncology. Anxiety and depression decreased over time for the two patient groups, the researcher...Study on suicide reveals faith, social ties as 'protective' for older African Americans
...rt from their religion, and that this support from religion and friends was related to overall lower mental he... role in mental health as they age. "Support from religion and relationships may be one way of adapting to lifelong hardships," said Cook....Good grief: Religious people may have better health while mourning
...cine. However, "bereaved individuals who relied on religion to cope generally used outpatient medical services...t, bereaved individuals who relied more heavily on religion to cope with their loss did not experience a significant increase in health problems," the researche...Why Britain's gay, lesbian and bisexual Muslims need dedicated support groups
... gave in to the perceived incompatibility of their religion with their sexual orientation by ending the practi...of their faith. Others managed to hold on to their religion by underplaying it. Almost all argued that their sexuality was intrinsic and God-created. Trusting t...9/11 boosted trust in government, temporary distress, research shows
...y more likely to report the personal importance of religion than were pre-9/11 respondents. The shocking event...perience transient sadness, young men will turn to religion in the weeks immediately following a disaster and both young men and young women will experience inc...Sex selection for social reasons: religious and moral perspectives
...kew the balance between the sexes. Two experts in religion and reproductive technology respond to this report and to the way it might be used in the ethics and public policy debate over the availability of sex selection technology. All quotes are free to use by journalists in any news medium. Contact info...Students of mixed races report suffering more health problems
...nected with one's school and, in some cases, one's religion also helped adolescents avoid some of the pitfalls of youth, the study showed. "These findings offered the parents of America a blueprint for what worked in protecting their kids from harm," Udry said. "Contrary to common assumptions, Add Health foun...The physics of films, butterflies, banknotes and rainbows
... and earthquakes (p. 21) Lord Kelvin, science and religion (p. 56)...New UNC research finds high rate of chlamydia in U.S. young adults
... 1 percent Native American.toward home, school and religion that could affect health....Physician response to conflicts between faith and medicine
...n." All 21 physicians had encountered cases where religion and medicine came into conflict. These conflicts ...ses where the conflict was not between science and religion but rather between "different worldviews," for example patients or families who insisted that "life ...Opponents of needle-exchange programs should think about their message to drug users
...al behavior, said William Martin, senior fellow in religion and public policy at the Baker Institute. In a research paper posted this month on the Baker Institute Web site, Martin paraphrases the message these opponents are really conveying to injecting drug users (IDUs): "We know a way to dramatically cut y...