Despite our annual expressions of gratitude to our veterans for all they’ve sacrificed, we fall short when it comes to their health and well-being. In addition to cancer, diabetes, and mental-health disorders, veterans suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and other forms of dementia at high rates. Veterans currently under a physician’s care need a comprehensive workup and a care plan that addresses the factors that drive the progression of AD.…READ MORE

uMETHOD is excited to announce the release of its breakthrough methodology -- called ExtND METHOD -- designed to finally provide a prevention solution to the over 70 million women and men in the USA at risk of Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline. The complexity of treating and preventing cognitive decline due to dozens of biological mechanisms and hundreds of interventions is now made straightforward through the application of uMETHOD’s proprietary…READ MORE

At the 2019 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, July 14-18, in Los Angeles, California, uMETHOD Health shared results from an analysis that evaluated the implementation of a precision-medicine platform to create personalized, multidomain care plans for the treatment of dementia and mild Alzheimer disease. The algorithms analyze medication interactions and adverse drug reactions, such as drug-drug interactions, opioid usage, anticholinergic cognitive burden, and depression-inducing drugs, rate them using input from an open-source…READ MORE

Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month may have come to a close, but the important work of finding treatments continues. Despite drug development setbacks, several major announcements made during June will have a positive impact. On June 25th AARP announced a $60 million investment in the Dementia Defense Fund (DDF), an impact-driven venture capital fund that invests in innovative ideas related to dementia. With this donation, the DDF was able to…READ MORE