Dr. Herbert Benson, Who Saw the Mind as Medicinal, Dies at 86

Herbert Benson, a Harvard-trained cardiologist whose research showing the power of mind over body helped move meditation into the mainstream, died on Feb. 3 at a hospital in Boston. He was 86.His wife, Marilyn Benson, said the cause was heart disease and kidney failure.Dr. Benson did not set out to champion meditation; in fact, even…