 According to a 2004 "Newsweek" poll, 72 percent of Americans said they believe that praying to God can cure someone, even if science says the person has an incurable disease.Unlike faith healing, advocates of spiritual healing make no attempt to seek divine intervention, instead believing in divine energy.The increased interest in alternative medicine at the end of the 20th century has given rise to a parallel interest among sociologists in the relationship of religion to health.