Lynda H. Powell MEd, PhD

Lynda H. Powell, an epidemiologist at Rush UniversityMedical Center in Chicago, observed,(3)". . . while faith provides comfort in times ofillness, it does not significantly slow cancer growth or recoveryfrom acute illness. She continues, "People who regularly attendchurch have a 25 percent reduction in mortality - that is, they livelonger - than people who are not churchgoers. . . ." While the datawere culled mainly from Christian churchgoers, Powell says thefindings should apply to any organized religion.