Is religion good for you? The answer is complicated, new global Gallup report finds.
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“A review of 10 years of global polling looks at the complicated connection between spirituality and health.” - RNS
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“A review of 10 years of global polling looks at the complicated connection between spirituality and health.” - RNS
“Surveying the spectrum of Christian views on the traditionally Hindu practice, from wellness to spiritual caution.” - CToday
“ ‘Alcohol drinking adversely affects a wide range of diseases, more than what we previously knew,’ said lead author Dr. Pek Kei Im, an intermediate research fellow at Oxford Population Health” - Fox
“after more than a decade of legal recreational marijuana, we now have significantly more data. Far from being safe, recreational pot is clearly a net loss for public health.” - Breakpoint
“The average American drinks 60 percent more hard liquor now than in the mid-1990s…. more wine, too: 50 percent more per person since 1995.” - The Hill
“The analysis…. found not only no significant health benefit to moderate alcohol consumption, but also that drinking a daily serving of alcohol of less than 1 ounce for women and around 1.5 ounces for men increased the risk of death.” - GMA
“Recently, National Geographic covered the growing trend of experts now questioning the efficacy of marijuana as a treatment for what it is most commonly prescribed: pain relief.” - Breakpoint
“… a new study found that medical marijuana may just have the same pain-relieving effect as a fake pill.” - Relevant
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“The ‘association between attending in-person worship during lockdown and later testing positive for COVID-19 was limited primarily to those who were not previously frequent worship attendees,’ according to a study published in the American Sociological Association journal Socius.” - C.Today
“People under the age of 40 start risking their health if they consume any more than two teaspoons of wine or two and a half tablespoons of beer per day, a new study suggests.” - Fortune
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