Tag: church attendance

Local clergy say new study shows attending church can be antidotal

MANSFIELD — Regularly attending worship services at a church or a synagogue may actually be a blessing in disguise.   This is according to a recent study done by Vanderbilt University this past summer.  Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society, Mr. Marino Bruce of Vanderbilt University found in a study

Health officials briefed by 27 clergy on link between church attendance & improved health

MANSFIELD — Last week to commemorate the 2016 National Family Health History Day, twenty-seven area pastors from Richland County, Ohio sent a correspondence to health care stakeholders in North Central Ohio regarding a case study involving disease prevention.  The twenty-year study, conducted by Harvard University, concluded that an effective way to prevent disease