Meditation and Mindfulness

I read an article today (Mon. Nov. 21, 2011) at CNN titled: How meditating may help your brain by Elizabeth Landau.
Landaue discusses the benefits of mindfulness.
You can read the full article at this link:

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/21/how-meditating-may-help-your-brain/?hpt=hp_c3

There was also a link for a Nov. 16, 2010 article by Elizabeth Landau @ CNN titled: Can mindfulness help manage pain and mental illness?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/16/mindfulness.therapy.meditation/index.html