Researchers from Shri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, have shown that supervised mindfulness meditation benefits patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and early Alzheimer’s disease. Ministry of Science and Technology has said that the study has concluded that mindfulness meditation has potential in the modulation of brain regions concerned with attention, emotion, stress-response and behavior.<br />”&nbsp;<br />”<span style="color: #222222;">It said these also impact other body functions such as heart, blood circulation, and metabolism. It added that a rigorous mindfulness-based intervention program has the potential to improve or stabilize cognitive functioning as well as the quality of life among such patients. Mild Cognitive Impairment and early form of Alzheimer's is a condition in which memory deteriorates, but a person remains functionally independent.</span><br />