"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." We’ve collected 23 of the best prayers for a friend to say the next time someone close to you is ...

Psalm 41:3 says, "The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness." This Bible verse encapsulates what faith in God can provide in the toughest of times: comfort, ...

When it comes to dealing with illness, most Americans turn to a higher power for help, a new study suggests. "Outside of belief in God, there may be no more ubiquitous religious expression in the U.S.

As a returning cancer warrior, hospital rooms, medical procedures and prayers for positive results are, once again, part of ...

Maimonides said it plainly: “there is health and illness to the soul, just as there is health and illness for the body has health and gets sick.” (Shemoneh Perakim 3) And there’s a prayer for that.

In previous posts, I’ve noted problems with how most research on prayer for healing has been conducted. Researchers have attempted to design double-blinded, controlled trials of distant intercessory ...

I woke up at 3 a.m. with stabbing kidney stone pain. I went through my normal treatment course of a heating pad and increased water, but the pain remained. Hours later, I drove myself to church and ...

At the Fairfax Community Church in Virginia, the faithful regularly pray for ailing strangers. Same goes at the Adas Israel synagogue in Washington and the Islamic Center of Maryland in Gaithersburg.

When Americans experience health problems, they don’t just rely on doctors and medications. A new study found that most Americans have turned to prayer to heal themselves and others. The study found ...