Pros and Cons of using four nootropics–caffeine, creatine, L‑theanine, Ashwaghanda–as cognitive enhancers

By The Conversation | June 18, 2024 |

Humans have long been search­ing for a “mag­ic elixir” to make us smarter, and improve our focus and mem­o­ry. This includes tra­di­tion­al Chi­nese med­i­cine used thou­sands of years ago to improve cog­ni­tive func­tion. Now we have nootrop­ics, also known as smart drugs, brain boost­ers or cog­ni­tive enhancers. You can buy these gum­mies, chew­ing gums, pills…

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Otsuka America launches new unit focused on digital therapeutics, AI and mental health

By SharpBrains | June 10, 2024 |

Otsu­ka defies dig­i­tal health down­turn with new com­pa­ny (MedTech­Dive): Otsu­ka Amer­i­ca, a sub­sidiary of the Japan­ese drug and device mak­er, this month launched a new com­pa­ny focused on dig­i­tal health. The firm, called Otsu­ka Pre­ci­sion Health, will roll out its first prod­uct this sum­mer, a pre­scrip­tion dig­i­tal ther­a­peu­tic for major depres­sive dis­or­der. San­ket Shah, who…

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(Webinar recording) Harnessing Brain Science to Empower Minds & Enhance Resilience and Productivity

By SharpBrains | June 4, 2024 |

? We hope you enjoy the con­ver­sa­tion (57 min­utes) as much as we did! Webi­nar descrip­tion: Is your team and orga­ni­za­tion grap­pling with AI dis­rup­tion, con­stant mul­ti­task­ing, or back-to-back calls that leave no room for strate­gic think­ing? Our “Brain-As-An-Asset” approach piv­ots from stan­dard reac­tive men­tal health tac­tics to proac­tive ini­tia­tives that enhance brain health, align­ing with your organizational…

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June 5–7th, Madrid: Healthy Living & Longevity Globalizer Summit by Ashoka and the Fit for Life Foundation

By SharpBrains | May 28, 2024 |

  Imag­ine liv­ing a life brim­ming with ener­gy and pur­pose, even as you age. The Healthy Liv­ing and Longevi­ty Glob­al­iz­er Sum­mit cel­e­brates the trans­for­ma­tive poten­tial of longer lifes­pans and explores how they reshape our world. With more peo­ple over 65 than under five years of age, and a pro­ject­ed three­fold increase in those over 80…

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Survey: Firms should innovate to better integrate brain health into L&D, training, leadership programs

By SharpBrains | May 1, 2024 |

2024 Sur­vey of Brain Health Trends and Beliefs Among Experts and Ear­ly Adopters, con­duct­ed by the think tank Sharp­Brains. 85% of respon­dents favor incor­po­rat­ing brain health into reg­u­lar com­pa­ny health, train­ing and L&D activ­i­ties. 95% con­sid­er essen­tial man­ag­ing stress­ful sit­u­a­tions at work. 87% has expe­ri­enced brain and men­tal ben­e­fits of phys­i­cal exer­cise, 65% of improved nutrition,…

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