From the media - Newsweek, Nov. 17 2003 Issue

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Newsweek

Nov. 17 2003 Issue

 

Faith & Healing

Can religion improve health? While the debate rages in journals and

medical schools, more patients ask for doctors' prayers

 

By Claudia Kalb

 

.... Dr. Kailash Nath Kanwar, former head of research and development

for the Indian arm of a U.S. pharmaceutical company, was deeply

skeptical of the power of meditation before his wife persuaded him

to visit a swami outside Bangalore. Racked with back pain, Kanwar

spent nearly a month at an ashram with the guru Sai Baba, meditating

and following a strict vegetarian diet. When he returned to New

Delhi, his back pain disappeared. Now he's a true believer, and has

since visited Sai Baba twice more. "We know very little about

spirituality," says Kanwar, 79. "It's beyond explanation but it's

very potent." ...

 

Source of the article:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/992582.asp