Link between religious coping and aggressive treatment in terminally ill cancer patients
BOSTON In a new study of terminally ill cancer patients, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found that those who draw on religion to cope with their illness are more likely to receive intensive, life-prolonging medical care as death approaches treatment that often entails a lower qualit...Conferees to Explore How Religious Practice Reaps Health
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Many religions teach that selflessly "doing unto others" brings rewards in the hereafter. But what about the here? A growing body of research shows that religious practices are, in fact, strikingly beneficial at promoting health and general...Pro-Choice Religious Leaders Focus on Abortion and Religion
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice at the Democratic National Convention WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- RCRC -- the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice -- will hold two events at the Democratic National Convention to highlight abortion and other reproductive ...Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice to Hold National Black Religious Summit on Sexuality
WASHINGTON, June 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Reverend Carlton W. Veazey, President and CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC), announces the Coalition's 12th Annual National Black Religious Summit on Sexuality, to be held July 9-11, 2008 at the Howard University School...Faith and Civil Society Leaders Call for Truth and Leadership in U.S. HIV Prevention Efforts
...ty (CHANGE); General Board of Church & Society, United Methodist Church; International Women's Health Coalition; National Council of Jewish Women; religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice; Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS); Union for Reform Judaism; Unitarian Univ...The COSHAR Foundation Urges Parents to Ensure Children Are Up-to-Date on Vaccinations
...th care providers through its "Immunization Sundays" program that provides pastors, church officials and parishioners with an immunization toolkit and religious sermons focusing on the importance of vaccines. The toolkit includes resources, flyers, information, scriptural references and recommendations for con...Northfield Laboratories Inc. Presentation at FDA/NIH Workshop on Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers
...yHeme(R) in patients with life-threatening red blood cell hemoglobin levels compared to historical controls who refused blood transfusion due to their religious beliefs. In reviewing the data from the U.S. Multicenter study, Dr. Gould noted that Northfield's study was logistically complex, and was the first ...Hillary Clinton Pledges Bold Approach to Stopping HIV/AIDS & Global Poverty
...t, she will deliver on a range of bold, new policies to address global HIV/AIDS, the plight of orphaned children, women's rights, and related issues. religious and community leaders belonging to two local groups, Iowans for AIDS Action and New Hampshire Fights AIDS, had asked that she sign a "Presidential Ple...Testing for Human Papillomavirus
...s. It is uncertain how long the vaccine is effective, although data suggest 5 to 10 years. Key questions regarding the vaccine target population and religious and cultural biases against giving a vaccine that prevents sexually transmitted disease to children need to be resolved. Although the public health s...Asian immigrants in NYC not receiving HIV education at religious institutions
Religious institutions serving New York City's Asian immigrants are not educating their congregations about HIV prevention and healthcare, in part because some leaders hold stigma and fear about the disease, according to a new study by The New York Academy of Medicine in the upcoming issue of the...Our 'caveman logic' embraces ESP over evolution
...d behavior today," said John Teehan, Associate Professor of Religion, Hofstra University and author of In the Name of God: The Evolutionary Origins of religious Ethics and Violence. Davis says CAVEMAN LOGIC: THE PERSISTENCE OF PRIMITIVE THINKING IN A MODERN WORLD is the product of more than two decades of po...CU-Boulder study shows Maya intensively cultivated manioc 1,400 years ago
... anxiety' crops, they received a lot of attention, including major roles in religious and cosmological activities of the Maya," said Sheets. "But manioc, which g...ain buried, he said. Sheets is particularly interested in vessels from a religious building at Ceren excavated in 1991. The structure contained such items as...U of Minnesota study finds high school teachers influence student views of evolution & creationism
... to learn they have such a strong impact," said Randy Moore, professor of biology and lead author. "It's unfortunate that so many teachers think their religious beliefs are science. Teachers who don't teach evolution deny students the understanding of one of the greatest principles in history." "I was shock...Afghanistan declares its first national park
...urism was almost entirely absent during the war years between 1979-2001. Today, Band-e-Amir is visited every year by thousands of Afghan tourists and religious pilgrims as well as many foreigners currently living and working in-country. The park is near the Bamyan Valley, where the 1,500-year-old giant Buddh...Study: Health undervalued in reproductive rights debate
...t is pitted against other legal interests, such as religious freedom, potentially leading to rulings that could...e reluctant to decide who wins in a battle between religious freedom, doctor's rights and women's health," she ... government is impermissibly impinging on moral or religious freedoms," she said. "I don't expect that this con...Providence Health & Services Increases Revenue by $35 Million Using Concuity ClearContracts
...bout Providence Health & Services Providence Health & Services is a not-for-profit organization, sponsored by the Sisters of Providence religious community, made up of 27 hospitals, more than 35 non-acute facilities, physician clinics, a health plan, a liberal arts university, and numerous other...DFG establishes 14 new research training groups
...ional transition in East Asia and tensions between religious conformity and nonconformity. Other topics include..." of the University of Leipzig will study forms of religious behaviour and belief that deviate from the dominan...form of prophets, heresies, sects or discriminated religious minorities in all complex societies. Researchers w...For nano, religion in US dictates a wary view
...ontrast in the perception that nanotechnology is morally acceptable. Those views, according to the report, correlate directly with aggregate levels of religious views in each country surveyed. In the United States and a few European countries where religion plays a larger role in everyday life, notably Ital...Comedy 'Horror In The Wind' Banned In New Mexico
...n win the White House with a campaign theme of the "War on Sex." religious fanatic Robertson steals an untested sex suppression formula and spreads it...g hands, wreak havoc on our lives. This story looks at a scenario in which religious fanatics get a hold of an untested formula." According to Weber, ...As personalized, genomic medicine takes off, four developing countries show the way for others
...e country's entire Parsi population -- about 69,000 people. The Parsis, thought to be genetically homogenous, are feared to be at risk owing to their religious prohibition of marriage outside of the community. The aim is to determine linkages between genes, disease and environmental factors and develop new...SAFC Supply Solutions Expands Halal Offer in Flavors & Fragrances Product Line
...ffering to over 550 products, enhancing its position as a premier supplier of Halal certified aroma raw materials to the marketplace. In addition to religious tradition, the Halal qualification provides food technology and flavor organizations with an additional degree of quality assurance, as SAFC materials...