Your genetics are among the many factors that influence your ability to sleep. And, in turn, shut-eye plays an important role in your health. 23andMe reports on two traits related to sleep — sleep movement and deep sleep.
The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Sleep
If you’ve had trouble sleeping over the last year, you’re not alone, according to a new national sleep survey from 23andMe. The new data indicate that another side-effect of the...
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23andMe Studies Healthy Behavior Change
Why are some of us able to more easily make healthy behavior changes, and others struggle? 23andMe is researching both the genetic and non-factors around making healthy behavior changes.
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23andMe Looks at Parenthood and Sleep Quality
Parenthood has its rewards, but a good night's sleep isn't one of them. 23andMe researchers found that parents, particularly single moms, reported worse sleep.
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Survey Finds 23andMe Customers Make Positive Changes to Their Health
A new survey of 23andMe’s Health + Ancestry customers conducted by M/A/R/C® Research found that more than three-quarters reported that after receiving their personalized genetic reports they made at least...
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The Genetics of Being a Morning Person
It might not make you “wealthier and wise,” but being early to bed and early to rise is associated with greater wellbeing, according to a new large-scale genetic study looking...
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Your Digital Health Coach Is Here
Lark Health and 23andMe collaborated to create a new digital health coach that uses artificial intelligence (A.I), genetics and human coaching to help customers make healthy choices. Lark provides two options — a Wellness Program, for weight loss, and a CDC-recognized Diabetes Prevention Program. Both leverage your 23andMe genetic information using clinically validated A.I. to generate personalized suggestions for diet and exercise.
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23andMe Secrets to a Good Night’s Sleep
23andMe 's first-ever intervention sleep study yields interesting results as participants make lifestyle changes to improve the quality of their shuteye, and reveals some of the secrets of better sleep.
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Nobel Worthy Sleep Science
Whether we want to be or not, we’re all on a clock — a biological one that ticks off a 24 hour day and regulates our waking and sleep cycle.With...
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New genetic variants found to influence likelihood of being a morning person
In a new study published today in Nature Communications, 23andMe researchers identified 15 genetic variants associated with being a morning person, including four genetic variants never before connected to sleep...
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