@Neonotso: You are going for the no real scotsman fallacy without knowing anything about the research in the first place. If you hurry you might still be able to find an explanation of what and how they tested at news.google.com.

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And, Guardian's sister made it through. That's the power of prayer


Another result from the same study: if you are praying for somebody at least DO NOT TELL THEM THAT. Otherwise they might get the impression that they are in a worse state and will be statistically more likely to have complications.