Veteran doctor reveals how faith can help patients

Dr.Marc Siegel, physician and Fox News senior medical analyst, explores the intersection of spirituality, clinical treatment and unexplained medical recoveries in his new book, “The Angels Among Us.”Examining how faith, human empathy and modern medicine converge during health crises, the book draws on medical research, historical cases and firsthand clinical experience.“You don’t draw the line between an explanation that’s medical or spiritual.

They’re combined,” Siegel told Fox News Digital.“And the more doctors that remember that, the better.”Siegel cites survey data indicating that 70% of physicians believe in God and 55% report witnessing medical miracles in practice.In the book, out this November, he expands the definition of “angels” beyond ethereal beings to include doctors, nurses and ordinary people whose timely interventions have led to unexplained recoveries or vital support.“The messengers are either actual angels from God that come down, that can take human form, that are voices where you don’t have a visualization, or they can be humans that God appoints to do angel-like work,” Siegel said.“I started to identify humans who play the role of angels in our lives.”Among the cases featured in the book are US Army Staff Sgt.

Spencer Milo, who received a terminal brain tumor diagnosis after suffering severe trauma in Iraq.While seeking a second opinion at the University of California, San Francisco, Milo met a Benedictine monk.Subsequent imaging revealed that the tumor was benign.Milo also credits former President George W.

Bush with providing pivotal emotional support during a later personal crisis, identifying both as instrumental to his recovery.Stay up on the very latest with Evening Update.

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