Cardiologist Randolph Byrd at San Francisco General Hospital performed a double blind study of patients in that hospital’s cardiac care unit. Patients were randomly assigned to one of two groups … those receiving intercessory prayer by committed Christians unknown to them and those not receiving intercessory prayer. Neither patient, physician, nor hospital staff knew the group to which a given patient belonged. Those being prayed for had fewer cases of congestive heart failure, fewer cardiopulmonary arrests, and fewer cases of pneumonia.

Rubel Shelly The FAX of Life