Some questions just will not die. “Why is there something instead of nothing?” is a perennial. Perhaps the second-most persistent question is this: “Is yawning contagious?” or “Why is yawning ...

Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. Log out ...

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in ...

People have asked me to pray for them or for their loved ones all my adult life. I practice intercessory prayer very seriously, but that doesn’t stop me from wondering what I’m doing. Is intercession ...

When a landmark study suggests that intercessory prayer may actually hurt patients instead of help them, you have to wonder. Should your doctor prescribe prayer as part of your treatment? According to ...

A LOT of studies on intercessory prayer have been published in recent years. This research has returned mixed results. Some studies conclude that prayer improves health, while others show no effect—or ...

Studying the efficacy of prayer is a sensitive topic: Depending on where you come from, you can either consider it offensive even to try to apply a scientific method to a spiritual process, or you can ...

International House of Prayer-Macon makes prayer and intercession its focus. “We’re primarily a prayer ministry,” said Keith Ratzken, leader of IHOP-Macon who serves the ministry bi-vocationally while ...