Anne Wojcicki Quotes

I want to encourage everyone to be proactive with their health and get checked out.

You can't take good health for granted.

I continue to be a strong believer in the life-saving importance of early detection, and I encourage everyone to be proactive about their preventive screenings.

I think that that's the wisest thing - to prevent illness before we try to cure something.

I am interested in getting people to use the healthcare system at the right time, getting them to see the doctor early enough, before a small health problem turns serious.

My health is good and it's up to me to keep it that way.

Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery.

Human beings tend not to spend money on health preventionally. We tend to spend it on top treatment.

You can't just take an aspirin and sit around and have 12 donuts and think, 'I took my aspirin so I'm not going to have a heart attack.' It's really important each person take personal responsibility for their health. You can't keep thinking that someone else is going to take care of it. You have to be part of the solution.

As a woman, you need to take control of your health. There's no harm in going in and getting checked out. Eventually, you have to ask yourself: 'Do I want to live at 100% or 80%?'

Maintaining good health should be the primary focus of everyone.

Healthy people are not very motivated to manage their health. They just don't care.

I believe it is better to be prepared for illness than to wait for a cure.

Health is very important to me.

You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.

Most people start eating healthy after the doctor says they have a problem. That's just human nature.

What's important for me is staying healthy.

People need to pay attention to their bodies and go get a checkup. If you do that, you have a chance to help illnesses from getting even worse.

I want to encourage women to take control of their health.

Good access to a doctor and a drugstore when you first have a problem can avoid a lot of cost and heartache later.

I don't work on longevity, I work on keeping people healthy.

I don't have any health problems, but to keep your health improves your quality of life.

Prevention is better than cure.

You can't afford to get sick, and you can't depend on the present health care system to keep you well. It's up to you to protect and maintain your body's innate capacity for health and healing by making the right choices in how you live.

As many citizens can attest, the U.S. is a great place to get sick, but a terrible place to stay well. This requires a shift in the way both doctors and patients approach health maintenance and disease prevention.