Christian Scientists die earlier—study
NZPA-Reuter Chicago Christian Scientists, who do not smoke or drink but shun medical care as part of their religion, die earlier than those who do not share their beliefs, a United States researcher has said.
The researcher found that death rates among more than 5500 graduates from a Christian Science college over a 50 year period were significantly higher than a group of nearly 30,000 non-Chris-tian Scientists who gradu-
ated from the University of Kansas during the same era. William Simpson, of Emporia State University, in Kansas, whose study is published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association,” traced
graduates of Principia College, in Elsah, Illinois, from 1934 to 1983. A graduate of the school, Mr Simpson was able to obtain data from Principia’s graduates publications.
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