Category: Religious Issues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – Communities with more religious congregations have fewer mass public shootings, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Is Christianity under attack in the United States? It depends on whom you ask.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Religion hampered the diffusion of knowledge and economic development in France during the Second Industrial Revolution (1870-1914)….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Athens, Ga. – Couples that pray together stay together. It’s a common religious saying, but a new study from the University of Georgia is giving the proverb some scientific credence.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Muslims and atheists in the United States are more likely than those of Christian faiths to experience religious discrimination, according to new research led by the University of Washington.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LOS ANGELES (July 6, 2020) – How does a religious congregation, which by definition brings groups of people close together in prayer and communion, navigate this tricky pandemic?

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Four years after the disastrous flooding in southern West Virginia, new research from West Virginia University’s Department of Geology and Geography highlights the role faith-based groups….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks and many more, a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis finds that religion may offer a protective role for black adolescent boys who experience police abuse.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In 2007, Gina Brelsford was like any other new professor – she hoped she wouldn’t embarrass herself in front of her students.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – From medical decisions and surgical recovery to coping with stress and end-of-life issues, a patient’s faith — or lack thereof — affects nearly every part of a medical journey.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Religious and cultural beliefs may discourage many Latinos in the United States from seeking treatment for depression and other mental health disorders, a Rutgers University-New Brunswick study finds.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – People often turn to spiritual support in times of crisis, including grave illness or the prospect of dying. When it comes to providing solace, chaplains in health care play a significant part

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Women in Nigeria whose clerics extol the benefits of family planning were significantly more likely to adopt modern contraceptive methods, new research suggests….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Lifestyle intervention delivered in churches by community-based health workers led to a significant reduction in blood pressure among African Americans compared to health education alone

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – More than one-third of women who go to a Catholic hospital for reproductive care aren’t aware they’re seeking obstetrical and gynecological care at a facility that may have limited health care options due to its religious affiliation.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New Haven, Conn.—Yale scientists have identified a possible neuobiological horme for the spiritual experience — the sense of connection to something greater than oneself.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LOS ANGELES (Feb. 8, 2018) — Every day in hospitals across the country, patients, family members and healthcare professionals confront ethical and religious dilemmas about risky medical procedures….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – HOUSTON – (April 25, 2017) – As new and more effective human reproductive genetic technologies (RGTs) develop, people of faith are more likely to disapprove of these tools ….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – When an array of medications and treatments failed to alleviate the severe pain of two cancer patients, the palliative care team at Rush University Medical Center tried a different form of care.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Yardley, PA (December 2011)––Albert Einstein once said of miracles: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Intuitive psychologist and author Susan Apollon agrees, and has spent more than two decades backing up this hypothesis by studying the nature of miracles and the conditions under which they occur.