HEALING  - NYERE FORSKNING (1993 +)

(Healing research: references. Please send a mail if you know of other studies not listed here!!)
Healing = energy-interventions as in energy healing, spiritual healing, Therapeutic Touch, 
Reiki healing and chi gong healing, all different names describing the same phenomenon..

(Oversikten er laget av Else Egeland. I hovedsak forskningsartikler. Mye av forskningen er sykepleieforskning, healing er integrert som sykepleiemetode allerede fra 70-tallet. I USA omtales healing som den mest dokumenterte av de alternative / komplementære behandlingsformer).

Abbot NC, Harkness EF, Stevinson C, Marshall FP, Conn DA, Ernst E. Spiritual healing as a therapy for chronic pain: a randomized, clinical trial. Pain 2001 Mar;91(1-2):79-89

Ai AL, Peterson C, Gillespie B, Bolling SF, Jessup MG, Behling BA, Pierce F. Designing clinical trials on energy healing: ancient art encounters medical science. Altern Ther Health Med 2001 Jul-Aug;7(4):83-90

Alandydy P, Alandydy K. Using Reiki to support surgical patients. J Nurs Care Qual. 1999 Apr;13(4):89-91. PMID: 10330795; UI: 99261054

Apostle-Mitchell M, MacDonald G. An innovative approach to pain management in critical care: therapeutic touch. Critical Care Trauma Centre, London Health Sciences Centre, Ontario. Off J Can Assoc Crit Care Nurs 1997 Fall;8(3):19-22. PMID: 9594094, UI: 98235114

Barrington R. A naturalistic inquiry of post-operative pain after therapeutic touch. NLN Publ. 1994 May; (14-2607): 199-213. PMID: 7937002; UI: 95023027

Benor, D. Distant healing. Subtle Energies  11(3), 249-2664, 2000. The International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine (ISSSEEM).  Abstract : This article reviews 61 studies of distant healing, which is healing that is deliberately sent by one or more healers as an intent, wish, meditation, or prayer to a healee who may be in the healers' presence or may be far away.  Distance, even thousands of miles, does not appear to limit the effects of healing. Significant effects of distant healing are demonstrated randomized controlled trials in humans, animals, plants, bacteria, yeasts, cells in the laboratory, and DNA.  Fascinating new insights about energy medicine and integrative care are suggested by these studies. Noteworthy are 120 further randomized controlled studies of healing given with the healers' hands held on or near the body, again with many of these demonstrating highly significant effects, not included in this article. While distant healing appears to contradict our ordinary sense of reality and the laws defined by conventional science, there are several theoretical paradigms that suggest explanations for healing. View Article: www.wholistichealingresearch.com/Articles/DistHeal.asp

Benor DJ. Energy medicine for the internist. The Medical Clinics of North America 86 (1): 105-25. Jan 2002.

Berden M, Jerman I, Skarja M. A possible physical basis for the healing touch (biotherapy) evaluated by high voltage electrophotography. Acupunct Electrother Res. 1997;22(2):127-46. PMID: 9330672;

Bergstrom L. [Respected research institutes in the USA receive support for alternative medicine. Self-hypnosis and laying-on-of-hands in heart surgery]. Lakartidningen. 1996 Feb 28;93(9):753-5. Swedish. PMID: 8656874; UI: 96248633

Bowers DP. The effect of therapeutic touch on state anxiety and physiological measurements in preoperative clients. San Jose State University. Masters Abstracts International 1993; 31(1);233.

Brannon, J. A Patient Satisfaction Survey for Cancer Patients Experiencing Healing Touch at the Cancer Wellness Center.  http://www.healingtouch.net/research/survey/parti.shtml

Brown CK. Spiritual healing in general practice: using a quality of life questionnaire to measure outcome. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 1995;3:230-33.

Bullock M. Reiki: a complementary therapy for life. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 1997 Jan-Feb;14(1):31-3. PMID: 9069762; UI: 97222876   

Bush, Anita and Geist, Charles. Geophysical Variables and Behavior: Testing Electromagnetic Explanations for a Possible Psychokinetic Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Germinating Corn Seed. Psychological Reports, 70, 1992.

Caudell KA. Psychoneuroimmunology and innovative behavioral interventions in patients with leukemia.  Oncol Nurs Forum. 1996 Apr;23(3):493-502. Review. PMID: 8801510; UI: 96271114

Christiano, C. The Lived Experience of Healing Touch with Cancer Patients. http://www.healingtouch.net/research/

Collipp, PJ. The Efficacy of Prayer: A Triple Blind Study, Medical Times 1969, 97(5), 201-4.

Cox CL, Hayes JA. Reducing anxiety: the employment of Therapeutic Touch as a nursing intervention. Complement Ther Nurs Midwifery 1997 Dec; 3 (6):163-7.  

Crawford CC, Jonas WB, Nelson R, Wirkus M and Wirkus M. Alterations in Random Event Measures Associated with a Healing Practice. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol 9 No 3, 2003, pp 345-353.

Daley B. Therapeutic touch, nursing practice and contemporary cutaneous wound healing research. J Adv Nurs. 1997 Jun;25(6):1123-32. PMID: 9181407; UI: 97325354

Dalglish S Therapeutic touch in an acute care community hospital. Can Nurse 1999 Mar;95(3):57-8. Toronto East General Hospital, Ontario. PMID: 10362943, UI: 99291122.

Dalton, K.S. editor. A pilot study examining the effect of distant healing on diabetes type II patients. 1904 Aug August; Palo Alto, Stanford University: 42nd Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association; 42nd Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association; 1999; 19 p.

Distant healing improves quality of life in chronically ill patients: Results of a randomized waiting-list controlled study (Abstract). Edinburgh: Meeting of the International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care; 1999;

Dixon, M A healer in GP practice. The Doctor-Healer Newsletter (GB) Winter 1993-4.

Dixon, M. Does Healing benefit patients with chronic sympthoms? A quasi-randomized trial in general practice. J. of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1998, Vol 91, 183-188.

Dowling JS, Bright MA. A collaborative research project on Therapeutic Touch. J Holist Nurs. 1999 Sep;17(3):296-307. PMID: 10690071; UI: 20154661

DuBrey RJ. Therapeutic touch: a healing intervention. Hospital uses complementary therapy to aid healing, relieve pain. Health Prog. 1996 May-Jun;77(3):46, 48. PMID: 10158092; UI: 96234214

Easter A. The state of research on the effects of therapeutic touch. J Holist Nurs. 1997 Jun;15(2):158-75. PMID: 9165805; UI: 97308580

Eckes Peck SD. The effectiveness of therapeutic touch for decreasing pain in elders with degenerative arthritis. J Holist Nurs. 1997 Jun;15(2):176-98. PMID: 9165806; UI: 97308581

Evanoff A, Newton WP. Therapeutic touch and osteoarthritis of the knee. J Fam Pract. 1999 Jan;48(1):11-2. PMID: 9934373; UI: 99133136.

Everett W, Aberra F, Bisson G, Casanova B, Pare E, Piasecki B. Spiritual healing as a therapy of chronic pain: a randomized, clinical trial. Pain. 2002 Mar;96(1-2):219-20. PMID: 11932081

Finch A. Therapeutic touch and wound healing. J Wound Care. 1997 Nov;6(10):501-4. Review. PMID: 9455277; UI: 98116455.

Gagne D, Toye RC. The effects of therapeutic touch and relaxation therapy in reducing anxiety. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 1994;8:184-9.

Garrard, Clare Thomasson, The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Stress Reduction and Immune Function in Persons with AIDS (Immune Deficiency), (dissertation) Birmingham: University of Alabama 1995.

Gehlhaart C. Therapeutic touch as adjuvant therapy for cancer pain management. Cancer Pain Update. (36):5-6, 1995 Summer.

Giasson M, Bouchard L. Effect of therapeutic touch on the well-being of persons with terminal cancer. J Holist Nurs. 1998 Sep;16(3):383-98. PMID: 9849260; UI: 99066122

Giasson M, Leroux G, Tardif H, Bouchard L. [Therapeutic touch] [Article in French] Infirm Que 1999 Jul-Aug;6(6):38-47 (Experiment - advanced stages of dementia of the Alzheimer's type)

Glasson M. Therapeutic touch in palliative care. Canadian Nurse 1996;92:19.

Gordon A, Merenstein JH, D'Amico F, Hudgens D. The effects of therapeutic touch on patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Journal of Family Practice 1998;47(4):271-7.

Green WM. The therapeutic effects of distant intercessory prayer and patients' enhanced positive expectations on recovery rates and anxiety levels of hospitalized neurosurgical pituitary patients: A double blind study. Dissertation Abstracts International 1993;54(5-B):2752.

Greyson B. Distance healing of patients with major depression. Journal of Scientific Exploration 1996; 10:447-465.

Hammarstrøm, B. (ref.) Healingbehandling som komplement till traditionell medisinsk behandling hos patienter med diagnos lungcancer. Akademiska sjukhusets lungklinikk, Uppsala, Sweden . 1997-1998, pilot study. Rapport, foreløpig ikke publisert i med. tidsskrift.

Haraldsson E. Johannessen, et al. editors. Studies in Alternative Therapies. 1994; Spiritual healing in Iceland. p. 103-13.

Harkness EF, Abbot NC, Ernst E. A clinical trial of distant healing as a therapy for warts. Am J Med 2000: 108; 448-452.

Harris, William S., et al, A randomized, controlled trial of the effects of remote, intercessory prayer on outcomes in patients admitted to the coronary care unit, Annals of Internal Medicine 1999, 159(19), 2273-2278.

Hofer W, Bruni N.Pranic healing: an energy-based healing practice for the contemporary nurse. Aust J Holist Nurs 2002 Apr;9(1):22-32

Homenchuk RS (1995) The responsive touch of ancient healing energy: a promising alternative in rehabilitative therapy. Beginnings. 15(1). 6, 9.

Hughes PP, Meize-Grochowski R, Harris CN. Therapeutic touch with adolescent psychiatric patients. J Holist Nurs. 1996 Mar;14(1):6-23. PMID: 8698982; UI: 96330010

Ireland M. Therapeutic touch with HIV-infected children: a pilot study. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 1998;9:68-77.

Kemp LM. The effects of therapeutic touch on the anxiety level of patients with cancer receiving palliative care. Dalhousie University. Masters Abstracts International 1996;34(1):280.

Kenosian CV. Wound healing with noncontact therapeutic touch used as an adjunct therapy. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 1995 Mar;22(2):95-9. PMID: 7599715; UI: 95323062

Kiang JG, Marotta D, Wirkus M, Wirkus M and Jonas B. External Bioenergy Increase Intracellular Free Calcium Concentration and Reduces Cellular Response to Heat Stress. Journal of Investigative Medicine Vol 50 No 1. Jan. 2002.

Korotkov, Konstantin. The Human Aura: New Research and Developments from Russia. Audio- and videotapes of the February 25th 2000 lecture. Lecture given in San Francisco by, inventor of the GDV technology, a breakthrough in Kirlian imaging of the energy emission of the body. Institute for Frontier Science, PMB 605, 6114 LaSalle Ave., Oakland, CA 94611, USA.

Kotora J. Therapeutic touch can augment traditional therapies. Oncol Nurs Forum. 1997 Sep;24(8):1329-30. PMID: 9380585; UI: 98021045

Krieger D., RN, PhD Healing with therapeutic touch. Altern Ther Health Med. 1998 Jan;4(1):86-92. PMID: 9439024; UI: 98102011

Lafreniere KD, Mutus B, Cameron S, Tannous M, Giannotti M, Abu-Zahra H, Laukkanen E. Effects of therapeutic touch on biochemical and mood indicators in women. J Altern Complement Med. 1999 Aug;5(4):367-70. PMID: 10471017; UI: 99397618

le Gallez P, Dimmock S, Bird HA. Spiritual healing as adjunct therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Br J Nurs. 2000Jun 8-21;9(11):695-700.

Ledwith SP. Therapeutic touch and mastectomy: a case study. RN. 1995 Jul;58(7):51-3. PMID: 7624727; UI: 95350583

Lee MS, Huh HJ, Jang HS, Han CS, Ryu H, Chung HT. Effects of emitted Qi on in vitro natural killer cell cytotoxic activity. Am J Chin Med 2001;29(1):17-22

Leskowitz ED. Phantom limb pain treated with therapeutic touch: a case report. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2000 Apr;81(4):522-4. PMID: 10768547

MacNeil MS. Therapeutic touch and tension headaches: a Rogerian study. D'Youville College. Masters Abstracts International 1995;33(5):1492.

Meehan, Therese Connell, RN, PhD. Therapeutic Touch and Postoperative Pain: A Rogerian Research Study. Nursing Science Quarterly, 6:2, Summer, 1993.

Merritt, P.; Randall, D. The Effect of Healing Touch and Other Forms of Energy Work on Cancer Pain.  http://www.healingtouch.net/research

Mersmann CA. Therapeutic touch and milk letdown in mothers of non-nursing preterm infants. New York University. Dissertation Abstracts International 1994;54(9-B):4602.

Messenger T, Roberts KT  The terminally ill: serenity nursing interventions for hospice clients. J Gerontol Nurs 1994 Nov;20(11):17-22. PMID: 7995899, UI: 95088314

Milton D. Alternative and complementary therapies: integration into cancer care.
AAOHN J. 1998 Sep;46(9):454-61; quiz 462-3. Review. PMID: 9923206; UI: 99121961

Moreland, K. 1998. The Lived Experience of Receiving the Chakra Connection of Women with Breast Cancer Who Are Receiving Chemotherapy: A Phenomenological Study. University of Windson, Canada.  Healing Touch Newsletter, (1998) Volume 8, Number 3, p. 3, 5.  http://www.healingtouch.net/research

Movaffaghi Z, Hasanpoor M, Farsi M, Hooshmand P, Abrishami F.  Effects of therapeutic touch on blood hemoglobin and hematocrit level. J Holist Nurs. 2006 Mar;24(1):41-8.  Abstract: Therapeutic Touch (TT) is a widely used complementary therapy. This study investigated the effects of TT on hemoglobin and hematocrit level in students who were basically healthy. Method: The volunteers with a hemoglobin level less than 12 grams per deciliter (g/dl) were randomly assigned to three groups of TT, mimic therapeutic touch (MT), and control. Blood samples were collected before the first treatment and again a week after the last one and measurements were taken. Results: TT increased the level of hemoglobin (.99 .13 g/dl) and hematocrit (2.82 .43%) significantly. MT also increased the level of hemoglobin (.55 .11 g/dl) and hematocrit (2.75 .44%) significantly. No significant changes were found in the control group. TT increased hemoglobin more effectively than MT (p< .05). Conclusions: Significant changes of both variables in TT and MTgroups suggest that more careful precision might be needed while selecting individuals as sham therapists in further experiments  Link.

O'Laoire S. An experimental study of the effects of distant, intercessory prayer on self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 1997;3:38-53.

Olson K, Hanson J. Using Reiki to manage pain: a preliminary report. Cancer Prev Control. 1997 Jun;1(2):108-13.  PMID: 9765732; UI: 98438869          

Olson M, Sneed N, LaVia M, Virella G, Bonadonna R, Michel Y. Stress-induced immunosuppression and therapeutic touch. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 1997;3(2):68-74.

Olson M, Sneed N. Anxiety and therapeutic touch. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 1995;16(2):97-108.

Olson, M. Immune Response to Therapeutic Touch During Stress. 1993. http://altmed.od.nih.gov/nccam.

O'Mathuna DP. Therapeutic touch. J Adv Nurs. 1998 Jan;27(1):230. PMID: 9515630; UI: 98175381.

Peck S. An ever increasing knowledge base in support of therapeutic touch. J Holist Nurs. 1994 Dec;12(4):367-9. PMID: 7722274; UI: 95238911

Peck SD. The effectiveness of therapeutic touch for decreasing pain in elders with degenerative arthritis. Journal of Holistic Nursing 1997;15:176-98.

Ramnarine-Singh S. The surgical significance of therapeutic touch. AORN J. 1999 Feb;69(2):358-69. PMID: 10023483; UI: 99147564

Rein, G. The in vitro effect of bioenergy on the conformational states of human DNA in aqueous solutions. J. Acupuncture & Electrotherapeutics (1995?). Glen Rein, PhD, Director of Quantum Biology Research Labs, P.O.Box 157, Norport, NY 11768.

Robinson LS. The effects of therapeutic touch on the grief experience. University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dissertation Abstracts International, 1996;56(11):6039.

Samarel N, Fawcett J, Davis MM, Ryan FM. Effects of dialogue and therapeutic touch on preoperative and postoperative experiences of breast cancer surgery: an exploratory study. Oncol Nurs Forum. 1998 Sep;25(8):1369-76. PMID: 9766290; UI: 98439427

Schlitz M, Braud W. Distant intentionality and healing: assessing the evidence. Alternative Therapies 1997;3(6):62-73

Sicher F, Targ E, Moore D, Smith HS. A randomised double-blind study of the effect of distant healing in a population with advanced AIDS: report of a small-scale study. Western Journal of Medicine 1998;169:356-363.

Silva C. The effects of relaxation touch on the recovery level of postanesthesia abdominal hysterectomy patients. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 1996;2(4):94.

Simington JA, Laing GP. Effects of therapeutic touch on anxiety in the institutionalised elderly. Clinical Nursing Research 1993;2(4):438-50.

Smith AL, Laskow L. Intentional Healing in Cultured Breast Cancer Cells. (Alan Smith, MD, 4102 Moller Dr. Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA. Tel. 925-462-6222.) (Udatert/upublisert?)

Snel, Frans WJ J. & Van der Sijde, Peter C. The effect of paranormal healing on tumor growth, Journal of Scientific Exploration 1995, 9(2),  209-221.
Weblink: The Effect of Paranormal Healing on Tumor Growth

Snyder JR. Therapeutic touch and the terminally ill: healing power through the hands. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 1997 Mar-Apr;14(2):83-7. PMID: 9295408; UI: 97441157

Snyder M, Egan EC, Burns KR. Interventions for decreasing agitation behaviors in persons with dementia. J Gerontol Nurs. 1995 Jul;21(7):34-40. PMID: 7615916; UI: 95340964

Sodergren, Kathleen Anne The Effect of Absorption and Social Closeness on Responses to Educational and Relaxation Therapies in Patients with Anticipatory Nausea and Vomiting During Cancer Chemotherapy (Doctoral dissertation) Minneapolis: University of Minnesota 1993.

Spence JE, Olson MA. Quantitative research on therapeutic touch. An integrative review of the literature 1985-1995. Scand J Caring Sci. 1997;11(3):183-90. PMID: 9349060; UI: 98009773

Starn JR. Energy healing with women and children. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 1998 Sep-Oct;27(5):576-84. Review. PMID: 9773370; UI: 98446547.

Stevensen C. Non-pharmacological aspects of acute pain management. Complement Ther Nurs Midwifery. 1995 Jun;1(3):77-84. Review. PMID: 9456714; UI: 98117830

Sundblom DM, Haikonen S, Niemi-Pynttari J, Tigerstedt I. Effect of spiritual healing on chronic idiopathic pain: a medical and psychological study. Clinical Journal of Pain 1994;10:296-302.

Targ E. Evaluating distant healing: a research review. 1997;3(6):74-78. Research in distant healing intentionality is feasible and deserves a place on our national research agenda. Alternative Therapies 1997;3(6):92-96

Turner JG, Clark AJ, Gauthier DK, Williams M.The effect of therapeutic touch on pain and anxiety in burn patients. Journal of Advanced Nursing 1998;28:10-20. (The Pentagon Funded TT Experiment). http://www.parascope.com/articles/1196/touch1.htm

Walach H, Lewith G, Bosch H, Utts J. Spiritual healing as a therapy for chronic pain: a randomized, clinical trial. Pain. 2002 Apr;96(3):403-5. No abstract available. PMID: 11973015

Walker SR, Tonigan JS, Miller WR, Comer S, Kahlich L. Intercessory prayer in the treatment of alcohol abuse and dependence: a pilot investigation. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 1997;3:79-86.  

Wang, KL and Hermann, C. (January-February, 2006).  Pilot Study to Test the Effectiveness of Healing Touch on Agitation in People With Dementia. Geriatric Nursing , 27(1), 34-40. Abstract: http://www.gnjournal.com/article/PIIS0197457205003800/abstract  The results indicate that there is a measurable difference between the agitation levels of patients who receive HT compared with those who do not. The authors recommend further research be conducted.

Wardell DW, Engebretson J. Biological correlates of Reiki Touch(sm) healing. J Adv Nurs. 2001 Feb;33(4):439-45. PMID: 11251731

Widell, Jonna. Healing. En sociologisk undersøgelse. Forskningsprojekt, del 2. Healerringen, Danmark 1999. Hele studien ligger på nettet: www.healerringen.dk  (Bl.a. interessante beskrivelser av positive bieffekter av healing. Flere kreftsyke var med i studien).

Wiesendanger H, Werthmuller L, Reuter K, Walach H. Chronically ill patients treated by spiritual healing improve in quality of life: results of a randomized waiting-list controlled study. University Hospital Freiburg, Institute of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, Germany. 2001.

Winstead-Fry P, Kijek J. An integrative review and meta-analysis of therapeutic touch research. Altern Ther Health Med. 1999 Nov;5(6):58-67. PMID: 10550906; UI: 20018569

Wirth DP, Chang RJ, Eidelman WS, Paxton JB. Haematological indicators of complementary healing intervention. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 1996;4(1):14-20.

Wirth DP, Cram JR The psychophysiology of nontraditional prayer. International Journal of Psychosomatics 1994;41(1-4):68-75. Healing Sciences Research International, Orinda, California.

Wirth DP, Cram JR, Chang RJ. Multisite electromyographic analysis of therapeutic touch and qigong therapy. J Altern Complement Med. 1997 Summer;3(2):109-18. PMID: 9395700; UI: 98051883

Wirth DP, Mitchell BJ. Complementary healing therapy for patients with Type I diabetes mellitus. Journal of Scientific Exploration 1994;8(3):367-377.

Wirth DP, Richardson JT, Eidelman WS. Wound healing and complementary therapies: a review. J Altern Complement Med. 1996 Winter;2(4):493-502. PMID: 9395679; UI: 98051862

Wirth DP. Complementary healing intervention and dermal wound re-epithelialization: an overview. International Journal of Psychosomatics. 1995;42:48-53.

Woods DL, Craven R, Whitney J. The effect of therapeutic touch on disruptive behaviours of individuals with dementia of the Alzheimer type Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 1996;2(4):95-6  

Zachariae R , Højgaard L, Zachariae C, Væth M, Bang B and Skov L. The effect of spiritual healing on in vitro tumour cell proliferation and viability - an experimental study.  British Journal of Cancer (2005) 93, 538-543.
Abstract: Alternative treatments such as spiritual healing and prayer are increasingly popular, especially among patients with life-threatening diseases such as cancer. According to theories of spiritual healing, this intervention is thought to influence living cells and organisms independently of the recipient's conscious awareness of the healer's intention. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that spiritual healing will reduce proliferation and viability of two cancer cell lines in vitro. Three controlled experiments were conducted with three different healers and randomised allocation of cells to five different doses of healing or control. Researchers conducting the assays and statistical analyses were blinded to the experimental conditions. Main outcome measures were MTT viability, ³H-thymidine incorporation and counts of an adherent human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7), and a nonadherent mouse B-lymphoid cell line (HB-94). Analyses of variance (ANOVAs) revealed no significant main or dose-related effects of spiritual healing compared to controls for either of the two cell lines or any of the assays (P-values between 0.09 and 0.96). When comparing healing and control across all three experimental days, doses, assays, and cells, 34 (51.6%) of 66 independent comparisons showed differences in the hypothesised direction (P=0.90). The average effect size across cell lines, days, assays, and doses approached zero (Cohen's d=-0.01). The results do not support previous reports of beneficial effects of spiritual healing on malignant cell growth in vitro. Reported beneficial effects of spiritual healing on the well-being of cancer patients seem more likely to be mediated by psychosocial and psychophysiological effects of the healer-patient relationship.

ESSENSIELL FORSKNINGSLITTERATUR:

Benor, Daniel J, Healing Research: Volume I, Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution, Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001. ISBN 1-886785-11-2. Healers describe their work, research in parapsychology as a context for understanding healing, brief summaries of randomized controlled studies, pilot studies. " If we take a broad view, out of 198 controlled experiments of healing, 88 (49.7 per cent) demonstrate effects at statistically significant levels that could occur by chance only one time in a hundred or less (p < .01); and another 41 (23.2 per cent) at levels that could occur between two and five times out of a hundred (p < .02-.05). In other words, close to three quarters (72.9 percent) of all the experiments demonstrate significant effects. "

Benor, Daniel J, Healing Research: Volume I, Professional Supplement, Southfield, MI: Vision Publications, 2001. ISBN 1-886785-12-0 . Only the studies -- described in much greater detail, including statistical information.  http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/Books/Series.htm

TO INTERESSANTE STUDIER -  AIDS – KOMMENTERT AV DANIEL BENOR:

http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/Books/Series.htm

Sicher, Fred; Targ, Elisabeth; Moore, Dan; and Smith, Helene S. A randomized, double-blind study of the effects of distant healing in a population with advanced AIDS, Western J. of Medicine 1998,. 169(6), 356-363].

To examine the effects of distant healing on people who have advanced AIDS, this randomized, double-blind study was done through the California Medical Center¹s Complementary Medicine Research Institute. The 40 volunteers (37 men, three women) all received regular medical care at several medical centers and were randomly divided into two groups to receive either distant healing or no healing. Healing was sent by 40 healers who lived in various parts of the United States and came from several religious backgrounds, including Christianity, Buddhism, and a number of shamanic traditions. All of the healers had at least five years' healing experience and were accustomed to distant healing. The healing lasted 10 weeks, and healers were randomly rotated throughout. Subjects and doctors were blind as to who was receiving healing and when.

At the outset, there were no significant differences between the experimental and control groups. After six months, the experimental group had significantly fewer AIDS-related illnesses (modest significance: p < .04) and lower severity of illness (modest significance: p < .02). Visits to doctors and hospitalizations were less frequent and days in hospital were also lower, all to a significant level. Improvements in mood where also noted (p < .04).

Comment: This excellent study demonstrates significant effects of healing on AIDS. No comparisons were made regarding medical treatment at several medical centers, although treatments were given with a standard combination of medications. It is theoretically possible that the experimental group might have received some medical treatment that gave them an advantage over the control group. However, there is no known conventional medical treatment that can produce the results seen here. Rating: II

It is particularly encouraging to have a study showing significant benefits of distant healing for AIDS. I hope this study will encourage replicating research. It would be particularly helpful to have research with a tighter design, having both experimental and control groups treated at the same center under the same treatment regimen.

OG EN ABSTRACT TIL:

Lee MS, Huh HJ, Jang HS, Han CS, Ryu H, Chung HT. Effects of emitted Qi on in vitro natural killer cell cytotoxic activity. Am J Chin Med 2001;29(1):17-22

Department of Qi-Medicine, Institute of Biotechnology, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea.

The present study investigated the effects of Korean Qi-therapy, ChunSoo Energy Healing, on natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity in vitro depending on Qi-treatment time and the types of cells treated. NK cell cytotoxicity was assayed by measuring LDH release from tumor target cells (K562 cell lines). NK activity was significantly increased by emitted-Qi treatment of 30 sec duration. Three and 5 minutes of Qi projection created the greatest increase in NK cell activity when mixtures of NK cells and K562 cells were treated (1.81 and 2.12 fold for 4 hr culture; 1.54 and 1.36 for 16 hr culture, respectively). NK cell activity increased significantly in Qi-treated K562 cells alone (1.13 fold, p<0.05) compared to control. These results are consistent with in vivo Qi-therapy on humans and suggests that emitted-Qi has an acute stimulatory effect on NK cell activity. This study provides direct scientific support that Qi as such may positively affect human cellular immunity.

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HEALING OG KREFTSYKDOM:

(Studies on healing and cancer)

Lenke til Den Norske Kreftforening sine hjemmesider, artikkel om healing.

Artikkelens hyperkobling:   http://www.kreft.no/cgi-bin/view.cgi?id=801625&cat=396

Artikkelen baserer seg på følgende forskning:

Brannon, J. A Patient Satisfaction Survey for Cancer Patients Experiencing Healing Touch at the Cancer Wellness Center.  http://www.healingtouch.net/research/survey/parti.shtml

Bullock M. Reiki: a complementary therapy for life. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 1997 Jan-Feb;14(1):31-3. PMID: 9069762; UI: 97222876  

Caudell KA. Psychoneuroimmunology and innovative behavioral interventions in patients with leukemia.  Oncol Nurs Forum. 1996 Apr;23(3):493-502. Review. PMID: 8801510; UI: 96271114

Christiano, C. The Lived Experience of Healing Touch with  Cancer Patients. http://www.healingtouch.net/research/

Collipp, PJ. The Efficacy of Prayer: A Triple Blind Study, Medical Times 1969, 97(5), 201-4.

Cox CL, Hayes JA. Reducing anxiety: the employment of Therapeutic Touch as a nursing intervention. Complement Ther Nurs Midwifery 1997 Dec; 3 (6):163-7.

Dixon, M. Does Healing benefit patients with chronic sympthoms? A quasi-randomized trial in general practice. J. of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1998, Vol 91, 183-188.

Gehlhaart C. Therapeutic touch as adjuvant therapy for cancer pain management. Cancer Pain Update. (36):5-6, 1995 Summer.

Giasson M, Bouchard L. Effect of therapeutic touch on the well-being of persons with terminal cancer.  J Holist Nurs. 1998 Sep;16(3):383-98. PMID: 9849260; UI: 99066122

Guerrero, M.A. The Effects of Therapeutic Touch on State-Trait Anxiety Level of Oncology Patients (Master's thesis) Galveston: University of Texas 1985

Hammarstrøm, B. (ref.) Healingbehandling som komplement till traditionell medisinsk behandling hos patienter med diagnos lungcancer. Akademiska sjukhusets lungklinikk, Uppsala, Sweden . 1997-1998, pilot study. Rapport, foreløpig ikke publisert i med. tidsskrift.

Heidt P Effect of therapeutic touch on anxiety level of hospitalized patients.  Nurs Res 1981 Jan-Feb;30(1):32-7. PMID: 6906014, UI: 81100713

Kemp, Louise Marie The Effects of Therapeutic Touch on the Anxiety Level of Patients with Cancer Receiving Palliative Care (Master's thesis), Canada: Dalhousie University 1994.

Merritt, P.; Randall, D. The Effect of Healing Touch and Other Forms of Energy Work on Cancer Pain.  http://www.healingtouch.net/research

Messenger T, Roberts KT  The terminally ill: serenity nursing interventions for hospice clients. J Gerontol Nurs 1994 Nov;20(11):17-22. PMID: 7995899, UI: 95088314

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Moreland, K. 1998. The Lived Experience of Receiving the Chakra Connection of Women with Breast Cancer Who Are Receiving Chemotherapy: A Phenomenological Study. University of Windson, Canada.  Healing Touch Newsletter, (1998) Volume 8, Number 3, p. 3, 5.  http://www.healingtouch.net/research

Olson K, Hanson J. Using Reiki to manage pain: a preliminary report. Cancer Prev Control. 1997 Jun;1(2):108-13.  PMID: 9765732; UI: 98438869                                                                     

Olson, M. Immune Response to Therapeutic Touch During Stress. 1993. http://altmed.od.nih.gov/nccam.

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Weblink: The Effect of Paranormal Healing on Tumor Growth

Sodergren, Kathleen Anne The Effect of Absorption and Social Closeness on Responses to Educational and Relaxation Therapies in Patients with Anticipatory Nausea and Vomiting During Cancer Chemotherapy (Doctoral dissertation) Minneapolis: University of Minnesota 1993.

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Widell, Jonna. Healing. En sociologisk undersøgelse. Forskningsprojekt, del 2. Healerringen, Danmark 1999. Hele studien ligger på nettet: www.healerringen.dk  (Bl.a. interessante besskrivelser av positive bieffekter av healing. Flere kreftsyke var med i studien).

Bok som summerer nærmere 189 kontrollerte studier av healing:
Dr. Daniel Benor: Healing Research, Volume I (2001) - Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution. 1. Popular Editon  2. Professional Supplement.

Web: http://www.wholistichealingresearch.com/Books/Series.htm

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