Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment Can Learn – and Benefit from – Mindfulness Meditation

Newswise — WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Aug. 15, 2019 – There’s currently no known way to prevent older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from developing Alzheimer’s disease.

But there may be a safe and feasible non-pharmacological treatment that may help patients living with MCI, according to a small pilot study in the current issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease led by a neurologist and researcher with Wake Forest Baptist Health.

“Until treatment options that can prevent the progression to Alzheimer’s are found, mindfulness meditation may help…