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Benefits of a Comprehensive Health Assessment from Biograph

Jan 24, 2025

Biograph’s comprehensive health assessments use over 1,000 data points from 20+ evaluations to create a personalized care plan. This holistic approach supports prevention, early disease detection, and quality-of-life improvements. This comprehensive Biograph Method assesses risk across five medical domains to establish your risk factor profile and define personalized proactive steps toward better health.

Metabolic Dysfunction

Assessments detect irregularities in metabolism to address and often reverse conditions like diabetes and metabolic fatty liver disease.

Metabolic Dysfunction

Assessments detect irregularities in metabolism to address and often reverse conditions like diabetes and metabolic fatty liver disease.

Metabolic Dysfunction

Assessments detect irregularities in metabolism to address and often reverse conditions like diabetes and metabolic fatty liver disease.

Brain Health & Neurodegenerative Disease

Early risk factor identification and focused interventions may reduce risk and improve quality of life.

Brain Health & Neurodegenerative Disease

Early risk factor identification and focused interventions may reduce risk and improve quality of life.

Brain Health & Neurodegenerative Disease

Early risk factor identification and focused interventions may reduce risk and improve quality of life.

Cancer Risk & Early Detection

Routine, comprehensive screenings may identify premalignant lesions or facilitate identification of cancers at early stages for better outcomes.

Cancer Risk & Early Detection

Routine, comprehensive screenings may identify premalignant lesions or facilitate identification of cancers at early stages for better outcomes.

Cancer Risk & Early Detection

Routine, comprehensive screenings may identify premalignant lesions or facilitate identification of cancers at early stages for better outcomes.

Quality of Life Metrics

Improve healthspan with insights into sleep, aerobic capacity, physical resiliency, and movement quality.

Quality of Life Metrics

Improve healthspan with insights into sleep, aerobic capacity, physical resiliency, and movement quality.

Quality of Life Metrics

Improve healthspan with insights into sleep, aerobic capacity, physical resiliency, and movement quality.

What sets a comprehensive health assessment apart from your average physical examination? At Biograph, preventative health assessments follow a robust holistic framework.

Upon arriving at our clinic, new members experience over 20 assessments over the course of a single day. These assessments yield over 1000 discrete data points which are used to map out a member’s unique risk factor profile. This holistic dataset informs and defines a member’s ongoing health journey, including their personalized intervention care plan.

In this blog, we’ll define the elements of our holistic framework and share the benefits of this approach to longevity medicine. Continue reading to better understand Biograph's vision of what a comprehensive health assessment should be.

The Holistic Framework Behind Our Comprehensive Health
Assessment

Our comprehensive health assessment includes a robust evaluation across the primary determinants of chronic disease morbidity and mortality. It is this holistic risk assessment that provides the foundational data to develop a personalized care plan, including the next steps. Our intervention framework encompasses recommendations to improve nutrition, exercise, sleep, psychological resiliency, and physical performance including strength, movement quality and aerobic capacity. We evaluate and track meaningful trends across these five domains to define a member’s wellness arc through their lifetime.

The five medical domains that comprise our framework include the following.

Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD)

Atherosclerosis, or plaque buildup in the artery walls, often has no symptoms until it becomes a medical emergency. In most cases, however, ASCVD is preventable. Lifestyle changes in combination with pharmacologic interventions where appropriate can often be enough to mitigate or even reverse the condition. The key is early detection through comprehensive health assessments, including cardiac imaging.

Cardiac Assessments May Include:

Advanced Lipid & Inflammation Profile

Blood Fatty Acid Balance

CT Coronary Angiography

CT Coronary Calcium Scan

AI Vascular Plaque Characterization

EKG

And More

Metabolic Dysfunction

Abnormal metabolic function can disrupt the body as it works to process food into energy. This may be due to organ dysfunction, , mitochondrial dysfunction, or certain dietary deficiencies.

Examples of metabolic disorders include insulin resistance, diabetes, and metabolic associated steatotic (fatty) liver disease. By detecting irregularities early, clinicians can craft a care plan that can address and often reverse these endocrine conditions.

Cardiac Assessments May Include:

Hereditary Metabolic Disease Screening

MRI Fatty Liver & Iron Deposition Screening

Nutrition & Micronutrient Testing

Blood laboratory testing

VO2 Max Testing

And more

Brain Health & Neurodegenerative Disease

Neurodegenerative diseases describe a group of conditions that cause a loss of nervous system function over time, examples include vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease

Today, there are numerous interventions that may prevent or slow the development of such conditions and vastly improve an impacted individual’s quality of life. Aggressive control of vascular risk factors such as insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, hypercholesterolemia and blood pressure may reduce the risk of neurodegeneration and may even extend an individual’s overall lifespan. Earlier risk factor detection and intervention means greater opportunity to address modifiable risk and potentially prevent or slow progression.

Cardiac Assessments May Include:

MRI Cerebral Aneurysm Screening

MRI White Matter Analysis

Multi-modal Dementia Risk Assessment

Multi-modal Dementia Risk Assessment

Neurocognitive Testing

Screening Audiometry Testing

And More

Cancer Risk & Early Detection

Cancer is one of the most common diseases globally, affecting 20 million or more individuals
each year. When certain cancers are caught early, treatment may be more effective, less
invasive, and more efficient than treatment of cancers detected in later stages.

Likewise, a comprehensive health assessment can address risk factors for the development of
certain cancers, potentially preventing them outright.

Cardiac Assessments May Include:

Blood Multi-Cancer Early Detection Test

Hereditary Cancer Risk Screening

MRI Whole Body Cancer Screening

Advanced Lipid & Inflammation Profile

And more

Quality of Life

At Biograph, we define quality of life metrics as physical and psychological factors that inform your healthspan. These include physical and psychological resiliency, sleep, and movement quality. Many members don’t realize that they could be leading more active, comfortable lives. The data points we collect create a narrative, revealing opportunities to improve each member’s overall health and wellness level.

Cardiac Assessments May Include:

At-Home Sleep Apnea Testing

DEXA Body Composition Testing

Grip Strength Testing

Retinal Imaging

Sleep Survey

Video Movement Analysis

And more

Comprehensive Health Screening Benefits

Our comprehensive health assessment provides our clinicians with over 1000 data points that allow them to create a customized risk factor profile and personalized care plan. This forms the baseline of your wellness arc, a data-driven narrative of your health and wellness over your lifetime.

Unlike aesthetic or symptom-driven functional medicine, holistic assessment of the primary drivers of chronic disease morbidity and mortality is key to prevention and early detection of common diseases that may impact your lifespan. Other approaches leave large gaps in understanding the current state of your wellness arc. In contrast, a preventative health assessment from Biograph provides members with a complete, holistic picture of their physical and psychological well-being.

The data gathered during a comprehensive health assessment forms a holistic baseline, providing data-driven insights on your progress toward your wellness goals.

Book your comprehensive health evaluation today for a healthier tomorrow.

Tamara Snow

Head of Product at Biograph