TIME.com: Jesus and the FDA

Bush nominates for the FDA someone who believes prayer is the answer to a headache.

Sources tell Time that the agency's choice for the advisory panel is Dr. W. David Hager, an obstetrician-gynecologist who also wrote, with his wife Linda, Stress and the Woman's Body, which puts "an emphasis on the restorative power of Jesus Christ in one's life" and recommends specific Scripture readings and prayers for such ailments as headaches and premenstrual syndrome.

In his private practice, two sources familiar with it say, Hager refuses to prescribe contraceptives to unmarried women.

FDA advisory panels often have near-final say over crucial health questions.