Neil F. Neimark, M.D.

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The Healing Power of Spirituality

In the world of health, it is clear that a sense of spirituality is a critical factor in the healing equation. At a conference on faith and healing, Harold G. Koenig, M.D., psychiatrist and author of The Healing Power of Faith: Science Explores Medicine's Last Great Frontier, summed up the results of hundreds of scientific studies on religious involvement and health. What he found was that religious involvement was positively correlated with the following outcomes:nn• great

March 17, 2005