Rao Musunuru, a leading cardiologist, argues in his piece “Faith Deserves a Place in Science of Medicine”, published in the St. Petersburg Times, that faith and medicine coexist and work together to fight illness. Musunuru claims that although medicine deals with symptoms of sickness, faith in the physician and treatment is just as important as the actual effects and powers of said treatment. He compares faith to the “placebo effect”, where a patient is given a sham treatment to make them think that it will help them, when in reality the sickness is in their head, thus exemplifying the adage “mind over matter.” Finally, Musunuru claims that words, hugs, compassion and sympathy “may do as much good as medications to heal the
Rao Musunuru, a leading cardiologist, argues in his piece “Faith Deserves a Place in Science of Medicine”, published in the St. Petersburg Times, that faith and medicine coexist and work together to fight illness. Musunuru claims that although medicine deals with symptoms of sickness, faith in the physician and treatment is just as important as the actual effects and powers of said treatment. He compares faith to the “placebo effect”, where a patient is given a sham treatment to make them think that it will help them, when in reality the sickness is in their head, thus exemplifying the adage “mind over matter.” Finally, Musunuru claims that words, hugs, compassion and sympathy “may do as much good as medications to heal the