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Herbert Benson
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Herbert Benson

Herbert Benson, MD, is the Mind Body Medical Institute Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. He is the author of the mega-bestselling book, The Relaxation Response, as well as ten other trade books. His groundbreaking work established the modern field of mind body medicine. Dr. Benson is the Director Emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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BriefingWire.com, October 13, 2011
...and spirituality. They hosted a stellar collection of thinkers, including Deepak Chopra, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, Matthew Fox, Huston Smith, Herbert Benson, Robert Bly, David Whyte, Joseph Chilton Pierce, Willis Harman, and many others...
Naples Daily News, September 22, 2011
...going to sleep. In fact, practicing progressive muscle relaxation, along with a technique expertly put forth by Dr. Herbert Benson, M.D., in his books on a process he coined, known as the “Relaxation Response,” is a great way to induce a deeper and...
Marco Eagle, September 22, 2011
...going to sleep. In fact, practicing progressive muscle relaxation, along with a technique expertly put forth by Dr. Herbert Benson, M.D., in his books on a process he coined, known as the “Relaxation Response,” is a great way to induce a deeper and...
Library Journal, July 13, 2011
...first books to document the relationship between stress and physical and emotional health was The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson, M.D., with Miriam Z. Klipper. Originally published in 1975, the book grew out of Benson's observations as a...
Star-Telegram, July 1, 2011
...went off" more than a decade ago after he attended a seminar at Harvard University led by Dr. Herbert Benson, one of the pioneers in bringing spirituality into medicine. Benson is a cardiologist and former Harvard Medical School professor who founded the...
Submit Your Low Price Products | Published, October 7, 2011
...God is great–for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. That’s the finding of this startling, authoritative, and controversial book by the bestselling authors of Born to Believe. Based on new evidence culled from their brain-scan studies on...
CIENCIASMEDICASNEWS, September 21, 2011
...Web site: projectreporter.nih.govAcknowledgmentsNCCAM thanks the following people for their technical expertise and review of this publication: Herbert Benson, M.D., the Benson-Henry Institute, and Mind/Body Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School;...
Our Daily Journey, July 29, 2011
...more likely to recover when they had received the prayers of others. A 2006 study led by Dr. Herbert Benson suggested there was no improvement for patients at all. A more recent study (September 2010) by Candy Gunther Brown at Indiana University reported...