Duke Medical Center
Cardiac Research and Clinical StudiesDescription
Dr. Gwendolyn Chen serves as Chief Cardiologist at Duke Medical Center. Staff there ran a double-blind study on remote intercessory prayer for CCU heart patients, which reported an 11% drop in cardiac events for the prayed-for group. Toby and Hoebuck cite the center's non-sectarian status to pitch NIH funding, positioning it as a credible research source amid White House vote bargaining.