Watch a yoga class and chances are by the end of the session you’ll have seen students bow their heads,
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Pope prays for pandemic's end and for a 'horizon of hope'
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis in a special prayer service on Saturday in St. Peter’s Basilica invoked the end of
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The Latest: Bangladesh enforces weeklong virus lockdown
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh began enforcing a weeklong nationwide lockdown Monday, shutting shopping malls and transportation as authorities try to
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How US children and teens die: Study reveals the widespread and persistent role of firearms: The No. 2 cause of death hasn’t changed much in 17 years, while prevention efforts cut the death rate from No. 1 cause — motor vehicle accidents — in half
America lost 20,360 children and teens in 2016 — 60 percent of them to preventable injuries, a new study shows.
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The god of small things
New research suggests people who are religious gain happiness from believing there is a deeper meaning to everyday events. Dr
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Religious involvement deters recreational and medical marijuana use, researchers find
Although marijuana use for medical and recreational purposes is at an all-time high in the United States, a team of
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Researcher studies the impact religion has on sleep quality
Can a person’s religious practices impact their sleep quality? That’s the focus of a new study by Christopher Ellison in
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Older men with higher levels of sex hormones could be less religious, study suggests: Amount of testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in a man’s body may influence how religious he is
The level of sex hormones such as testosterone in a man’s body could influence his religiosity. A new study by
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