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• Health: Alternative  (5,313)
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• Boundary Institute - A nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to research of anomalous phenomena related to consciousness (which might contribute to explain intercessory prayer).
• Distant Healing Project - Mini-site from the Institute of Noetic Sciences, including summary of distant healing research, full text research and review articles, videos of interviews with researchers, bibliography, and FAQ.
• Medical Bureau at Lourdes - Description of the process for recognition of miraculous cures. Includes list of the recognized cures at Lourdes, and details of the International Medical Association of Lourdes (AMIL) Bulletin.
• Prayer Studies - Collection of skeptical articles on the power of prayer in medical healing by Gary Posner (up to 2002).
• Problems with Prayer and Faith Healing - Collected critiques of prayer on the website of Guide to Atheism and Agnosticism.
• Samueli Institute - A non-profit, non-affiliated organization conducting and supporting research on the biology of healing and the therapeutic relationship.
• Transcendent and Spiritual Experiences of Scientists - Web-site with collected accounts from scientists about their transcendent, transpersonal, mystical, paranormal, or psychic experiences, here: Healing on Distance.

• Newsweek: Faith and Healing - The cover story discusses shortly the main issues in investigating faith and health. (November 17, 2003)
• TIME: Investigating the Power of Prayer - Critical comment by Leon Jaroff against national funding of prayer studies. (July 3, 2002)
• BBC News: Does Prayer Work? - Review of evidence for answered prayer for world peace and health. (February 27, 2002)
• Discovery Channel Canada: The Power of Prayer? - Four video stories hosted by Jay Ingram investigating remote prayer. Includes interview with Duke University's Dr. Mitchell Krucoff. (November 20, 2001)
• Intercessory Prayer Debate between W Harris & I Tessman - Is there scientific evidence that intercessory prayer speeds medical recovery? A Debate. Published at the CSICOP-site with other critical articles. (March 13, 2001)
• Psychology of Prayer - Notes and bibliographic references for D. Andrew Kille's lecture on prayer, a part of the Pastoral Ministries Program at Santa Clara University. (January 1, 2001)
• Scientific Research on Prayer - Debra Williams' review of research attempting to prove the power of prayer. (January 1, 1999)
• The Miracle-Leg - The ultimative answer to a prayer, but: "This is the kind of thing that I wouldn't believe, even if it were true!" (November 1, 1998)

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