"Religious beliefs battle hypertension" study [View all]

[MarkCharles]

"Does a belief in God confer any health benefits? With the help of a large Norwegian longitudinal health study called HUNT, researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) were able to find a clear relationship between time spent in church and lower blood pressure in both women and men.

“We found that the more often HUNT participants went to church, the lower their blood pressure, even when we controlled for a number of other possible explanatory factors,” says Torgeir Sørensen, a PhD candidate from the School of Theology and Religious Psychology Centre at Sykehuset Innlandet (Inland Hospital)."

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"Earlier HUNT studies have shown a positive correlation between humor and good health, and participation in different cultural activities and good health."


Full article here:
http://www.psypost.org/2011/12/religious-beliefs-battle-hypertension-8814