For 20 years, social epidemiologist Jeff Levin, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been collecting data to see if there’s a link between faith and health. His conclusion, coming on a holy week for the nation’s Christians and Jews: “About 80 percent to 90 percent of these studies show there is something positive going on. We’re swimming in empirical evidence.” Among those documenting the case is Harold G. Koenig, M.D., associate professor of medicine at the Duke University Medical Center: “Our studies have shown those who benefit most are those who both attend religious services and practice personal belief at home such as reading religious literature and prayer,” he says. According to […]
