Onos Health. Alzheimer's. SDoH and HF. Read on...

Healthcare through a Kentucky lens. It's niche. But neat!

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Andrew Steen
September 01, 2026

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Onos Health

Onos Health—a behavioral health AI platform for health plans. Sounds cool, right?

This post from Chris Nicholson:

As it turns out, the Founder and CEO of Onos Health—Akshay Agrawal—was Chris’ Director of Strategy (and SVP, Operations) at mPulse.

Reminder; Chris is both a UK and UofL alum. And ex-Humana.

AD insights

This is a really interesting publication by Robert Friedland, MD et al. at UofL.

Explainable 3D deep learning from full-head MRI suggests scalp and skull involvement in Alzheimer's disease

First published online August 20, 2026

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13872877261478312

I’ve been following Dr. Friendland’s work on the role of the microbiome in neurodegeneration for some time. It’s time you should, too.

SDoH biomarkers of heart failure

A couple of you know how much I dig this paper. For the rest of you, it’s a lot. I dig it a lot.

Large-scale proteomics to identify novel biomarkers linking social determinants of health to heart failure risk - PMC
 

Adverse social determinants of health (SDOH) associate with greater heart failure (HF) risk. Among 9879 community-based participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort study, we assessed 4955 plasma proteins using an ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13496179

Healthcare jobs

Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Healthcare sector to account for 37% of new US jobs through 2035: 6 things to know

www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/healthcare-sector-to-account-for-37-of-new-us-jobs-through-2035-6-things-to-know/?origin=BHRE&utm_source=BHRE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=9128I7569089J3D

“Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities is projected to add 625,400 jobs, the most of any detailed industry, which the bureau linked to demand for home-based care.”

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