Anne Wojcicki Quotes
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The goal of having more and more information is really to better be able to predict what is your health outcome going to be.
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I'm not going to change; I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am.
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All the kids from my nursery school are still in touch.
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It's not just professional athletes and soldiers who are at risk from traumatic brain injury. More than 1.7 million people a year sustain a traumatic brain injury, and about 50,000 of them die each year, according the Centers for Disease Control. There are both emotional and financial costs from these injuries.
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You should know how to take care of yourself. That's one of the things that I got from my mother most - she always said that if you don't take care of yourself, no one will.
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I guess I'm just fiercely independent.
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I usually start my day when my kids wake up.
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There's not enough competition and innovation in healthcare.
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You may not know your complete family history, but the reality is everyone has something, and as you get older, you start to worry about these things more. Health is not sort of like a 6-month project. Health is a lifetime accumulation of behaviors.
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The fact that my environment influences my life so much - and that my environment is in my control - gives me a great sense of empowerment over my health and my life.
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I spend a lot of my spare time with my family. My sisters, parents, and in-laws all live nearby.
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For people who want to be proactive about their health, there is a lot of information that we can provide. If you are going to have children, I think you have a responsibility to know if you are carrying anything. A lot of people tend to do the testing once they are pregnant.
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Once a week, I might stay late at work. It's sometimes very efficient to work until 7 P.M. - and then come home to kids who are clean and ready for bed. Those days are good.
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Our approach to medicine is very 19th-century. We are still in the dark ages. We really need to get to the molecular level so that we are no longer groping about in the dark.
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There's enough data showing that the fitter you are, the better you eat, the more likely you are to stay healthy longer.
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In Silicon Valley, you want things done instantly.
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One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention.
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I grew up with my mom being very, very cheap, so when it's free, I'm like, 'Oh my God, it's free - I have to take as much as I can!'
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People want to be in charge of health information. They want it available the same way online banking is available.
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Employment and health insurance are now protected by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.
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23andMe is pleased to bring public funding to bear on data and research driven by the public - our more than 180,000 customers.
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I have an unreasonably optimistic view of the world.
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If I know I'm at genetically high risk of Alzheimer's, maybe I don't plan to retire at 80, and maybe I'm more proactive about where I'm going to live and who's going to take care of me.
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I think being on a constraint with money makes you much more creative.