Breast Cancer Awareness is Key! Are we winning? The battle that started in 1989 regarding breast cancer research and treatment and has represented a 40% decrease in morbidity. But more…
Author: Carolyn Northrup
Stylin' for Women's Health Research
What does fashion have to do with the Howell Foundation? Increased awareness of the need for women’s health research! One would think that research and fashion have absolutely nothing in…
Dazed and Confused: The Myths and Realities of the use of Cannabis in Today's Medicine.
The use of cannabis as a recreational and medical drug is plagued with controversy. While some states in the US have voted and approved the recreational use of it, marijuana…
Autism, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, HIV Care for Women and Rett Syndrome among the fields of research of the 2017 Howell - UCSD Scholars.
The 2017 Howell – UCSD scholars will be researching topics that range from Autism to HIV care for women. A brief description of their studies showcases their incredible enthusiasm in…
Celebrating Women’s Health Week… The Body- Mind Connection: Just get moving!
It is no secret that exercise has numerous benefits for our body and our mind. Going beyond the idea of losing weight and getting into shape, physical activity helps with…
A tip a day for National Women's Health Week
For National Women’s Health Week, we’d like to postulate a simple premise. The need for women’s health research is quite clear: women are at higher risk when being diagnosed and…
The future cure of infectious disease could be in ourselves!
The Howell Foundation hosted its first North County event with key note speaker Janelle Ayers, Ph.D from the Salk Institute, who walked us through the history of the development of…
TODAY is National Doctor's Day! Why we fund Undergraduate Students.
To those who have crossed the path to making sure that women’s health research is at the forefront of our efforts, thank you Howell Scholars (current and past), undergraduate students,…
As National Nutrition Month comes to an end, the 5 things you can start doing to eat healthier!
Time and time again we have been told that going back to the basics of nutrition IS the healthiest action to take when dealing with health issues. The fact is…
Inside the mind of an MD, and... our youngest Howell Board Member: can you see the brain cells firing?
Howell Board Member, Jessica Zhang is a newly minted MD. It is amazing how many things she is able to do for the Howell Foundation, all while pursuing her residency…
For these young minds, women's health matters! CSUPERB doubles research grants.
Double the Impact! CSUPERB (California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology) awards a new research grant for each full scholarship the Howell Foundation awards to a CSU…
The difference between clutter and hoarding and the 5 things you can do to follow up on your spring cleaning.
March is here. ‘Spring cleaning’ is in the air. So, how are we doing on the ‘cleaning-out-our- (fill in the blank)’ resolution? Are you cluttering or hoarding? The Howell Foundation…
Soroptimist International of La Jolla is at it... Again!
Soroptimist International of La Jolla is Celebrating 70 years of educating, empowering and enabling women in our community socially and economically Second Bucket List Bash to focus on women in the…
A sea of red ... (and chocolate)! During heart health month, 3 research projects that prove dark chocolate is the food of the Gods
For the Howell Foundation, things couldn’t have turned out better. February 3rd was ‘Go Red for Women Day’, the Heart Health Month awareness campaign was once again reminding women about…
2017 here we come!
We’re on our way to 2017! 2016 was a busy year for the Doris A. Howell Foundation; all focused on promoting the need for women’s health research and the consequences…
During Heart Health Month, the 5 things you can do year-round to protect your health.
We think and talk a lot about how symptoms of heart attacks differ in women, and that is a crucially important topic. As cholesterol medications become more widely used, atherosclerosis…