{"id":293,"date":"2006-03-31T10:41:46","date_gmt":"2006-03-31T14:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2006\/03\/31\/pills-n-thrills-n-bellyaches\/"},"modified":"2006-03-31T10:41:46","modified_gmt":"2006-03-31T14:41:46","slug":"pills-n-thrills-n-bellyaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2006\/03\/31\/pills-n-thrills-n-bellyaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Pills n’ Thrills n’ Bellyaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Not only is that the title of the brilliant early 90’s album by the Happy Mondays, but it’s also the story of my week. Well, minus the thrills, I suppose. My little sore throat and cold are getting better (I’m no longer saying “cold\/sore throat” after Veselka Slut’s cruel comment yesterday). I’ve been taking Mucinex at night to help keep the coughing down, but it seems the minute night falls, the coughing fits kick in.<\/P>
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As a result, my belly hurts from coughing. (insert sympathtic mini-violins here).<\/P>
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Though, there’s apparently no need to pray for me since a new study has concluded that prayer does nothing to benefit the sick. Did you hear about this on the news today? 1,800 heart surgery patients were studied. 1\/3 of them were told they would receive prayer from some church congregations. 1\/3 of them were told they MIGHT get prayer (and did). And the final 1\/3 was told they MIGHT get prayer (but did not).<\/P>
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In the end there was no statistical difference between those who received prayer and those who didn’t. However, patients who knew they were receiving prayer ended up having more infection complications. Interesting. Those weren’t the results the study had anticipated.<\/P>
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So don’t cry for me, Argentina. I’ll get better on my own. I don’t need your prayers to jinx me.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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