SCOTLAND, U. K., November 12, 2001: Researchers at a Scottish university have been awarded government funding to investigate the effects of spiritual healing on asthmatics. The Scottish Executive is backing a team of scientists from Aberdeen University in their bid to test the effects of spiritual healers on 50 people and will investigate claims by practitioners that they can channel healing energies by passing their hands over a patient’s body. Some asthmatics claim to have derived some benefits from spiritual healing but researchers at Strathclyde University say the problem is closely related to dust mites.
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