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{{Cquote|The empirical literature from epidemiological and clinical studies regarding the relationship between religious factors (eg, frequency of religious attendance, private religious involvement, and relying on one’s religious beliefs as a source of strength and coping) and physical and mental health status in the areas of prevention, coping, and recovery was reviewed. Empirical studies from the published literature that contained at least measure of subjects’ religious commitment and at least measure of their physical or mental health status were used. In particular, studies that examined the role of religious commitment or religious involvement in the prevention of illness, coping with illnesses that have already arisen, and recovery from illness were highlighted. A large proportion of published empirical data suggest that religious commitment may play a beneficial role in preventing mental and physical illness, improving how people cope with mental and physical illness, and facilitating recovery from illness.<ref>''Religious Commitment and Health Status'' by Dale A. Matthews, MD; Michael E. McCullough, PhD; David B. Larson, MD, MSPH; Harold G. Koenig, MD, MHSc; James P. Swyers, MA; Mary Greenwold Milano, Arch Fam Med. 1998;7:118-124</ref>}}

{{Cquote|The empirical literature from epidemiological and clinical studies regarding the relationship between religious factors (eg, frequency of religious attendance, private religious involvement, and relying on one’s religious beliefs as a source of strength and coping) and physical and mental health status in the areas of prevention, coping, and recovery was reviewed. Empirical studies from the published literature that contained at least measure of subjects’ religious commitment and at least measure of their physical or mental health status were used. In particular, studies that examined the role of religious commitment or religious involvement in the prevention of illness, coping with illnesses that have already arisen, and recovery from illness were highlighted. A large proportion of published empirical data suggest that religious commitment may play a beneficial role in preventing mental and physical illness, improving how people cope with mental and physical illness, and facilitating recovery from illness.<ref>''Religious Commitment and Health Status'' by Dale A. Matthews, MD; Michael E. McCullough, PhD; David B. Larson, MD, MSPH; Harold G. Koenig, MD, MHSc; James P. Swyers, MA; Mary Greenwold Milano, Arch Fam Med. 1998;7:118-124</ref>}}

[[File:Duke University Levine Science Research Ctr.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|[[Duke University]] researchers found that religious people have stronger immune systems than the irreligious. They also established that churchgoers have lower blood pressure.<ref>[http://orthochristian.com/63476.html Are atheists mentally ill?]</ref>]]

[[File:Levine Science Research Center at Duke University.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|[[Duke University]] researchers found that religious people have stronger immune systems than the irreligious. They also established that churchgoers have lower blood pressure.<ref>[http://orthochristian.com/63476.html Are atheists mentally ill?]</ref>]]

Sean Thomas wrote:

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{{Cquote|In the same year researchers at [[Duke University]] in America discovered that religious people have stronger immune systems than the irreligious. They also established that churchgoers have lower blood pressure.

{{Cquote|In the same year researchers at [[Duke University]] in America discovered that religious people have stronger immune systems than the irreligious. They also established that churchgoers have lower blood pressure.