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Published online 1 August 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.990
Column: Muse
Is religion good for your health?
Religion arose to protect us from disease, US researchers claim. Philip Ball unpicks the idea.
Science and religion, anyone? Come now, stifle those yawns. A paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B1 this week claims to offer a fresh perspective, with the startling suggestion that religion is a way to protect us from disease.
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