Brain Training – saves money and you live longer…

The value of brain training is becoming increasingly black and white – you save money and live longer.  This month I have written two separate comments on recent research backing up the value of quality brain training.  However here I want to promote that the two are intrinsicly linked. Brain training in a corporate environment can save companies billions of dollars / pounds each year.  High quality brain training courses for an individual can mean you have more chance of living longer…

Facts:

• Stress related illness cost the UK £28 billion each year
• This is a 1/4 of the UK’s sick bill
• More than 13 million working days a year are lost in the UK because of work related stress
• Stress is thought to contribute to coronary heart disease (CHD)
• More than $475 billion is spent annually in the USA treating CHD
• Meditation, or relaxing the brain, can reduce number of heart attacks and stroke by 47%

Brainwave training is a simple and cost effective way assist with these issues.

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The Cost of Stress

What are companies doing to reduce the stress burden on employees? More than 13 million work days are lost in the UK due to stress related illness.  How many organisations are creating a brain friendly work environment which helps to reduce stress?

This is not just about taking time out or playing ping-pong at lunch, though both of those help.  This is about companies creating work practices and environments which help employees keep at optimal performance.  Stress management programmes.

From the BBC:

“The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)  said the cost of work related mental illness was £28bn – a quarter of the UK’s total sick bill.”

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