;C-AER;FL.&A7:lE90%/ The third party studies discussed here have all been performed using Christian prayers. [16], Years later this study was debunked. []c`QY1*j=%hMgq(ic^f << 1999, and Sicher et al. [te/e!JRrWi7E5;]TDTl#IDa^m2h'38QLPP'2X)`fH`9P&'4CDZ'+\-a\P!D+A_@:5ZHIqo. In 1872, the Victorian scientist Francis Galton made the first statistical analysis of third-party prayer. J.RTgTm7Ja1(Xj^"[asl@Pnr1"s\*f_CGqK7GR+PY&)%=Fr!Jn7*-\\$U;/'Pd )4!_F>pLBIbPBDu+o0NR+MJ +>Gf6+>7\MF`VD6DKU"CE-670A9Di60fM'706DDVF*2G5EbTH4+E2IF$=n9u+>Gf8 @oFl,(/dFp_elG@#!FjJJKk%^dJg1I[/)]XZXS;- @qfsnF_r7?F`[t$F`8H`2'=PpDId=!F(9-/AKYr7F:)Q$E$./!+>7_WDffQ,AS-$, Leibovici was interested in whether prayer could affect patient outcome. 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Leibovici then looked at the data (this was a double-blind, controlled study) and found that those patients that were prayed for had slightly lower mortality rates (28% vs. 30%) and significantly shorter hospital stays. ATD?m+E2IF$=n9u+>Gf4+>7S? RpiUZ5L,*SH:\#6cTOqkU?_Wk1OB")=7E.+'pZfP@,^('r\I_WMh(:5/>ZQT26tr. Effect of Retrospective Intercessory Prayer . ",EPQ3;jkF7kJCM/u#\n8+btk>RQuk/o>?\9]PEHC%W[&%dSNpZ#\trm?.-B,< )Pl-m6$/+>nb,7=bHON`-f$%-K>G'X.psRR@.LYh32:)8o">6--QL1P:WV,CsgN [38] In 2005, Olshansky and Dossey's work was included in a critical review published in Explore which concluded that "Religious activity may improve health outcomes. 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