“The purpose of our lives is to be happy”. –Dalai Lama Did you know… Over 70% of people report living in a state of chronic stress? Happiness results…

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy”. –Dalai Lama Did you know… Over 70% of people report living in a state of chronic stress? Happiness results…
Genomics is changing everything from oncology, to reproductive health, to genetic diseases. And it is the underlying structure for the concept of ‘personalized medicine’. In the realm of recent biomedical…
Dr. Dorothy Sears, Associate Professor of Medicine from UCSD came to speak at the Howell Foundation’s luncheon last May with pretty interesting research on 2 key concerns and how they,…
Dr. Dorothy Sears will be presenting “Simple Lifestyle Changes for Improving Women’s Health” on May 20th. This interview provides an insight of our speaker. Thank you Dr. Sears for joining…
We’ve all heard that exercise, managing stress and healthy eating are the cornerstone of a healthy life. You can find tons of advice on how to make simple lifestyle changes…
The Doris Howell Foundation held its first Luncheon Series with the lecture “Understanding the genome 10,000 experiments at a time: applying genomic approaches to understand autoimmune disease in women” with…
We were very fortunate to have Dr. Stanley Maloy from SDSU speak at the Foundation’s 20th year anniversary celebration last November. The topic: one world, one health with the goal…
Perceptions about hormones, remotes and phones. Understanding the differences between men and women has everything to do with the hormones produced in our bodies, and nothing to do with stereotype…
For those of us who attended the Howell Evening Series Hormones and Happiness you might remember Dr. Banka mentioning Dr. Cuddy and her study about hormones and power posing, and…
Celebrating 20 years of Women’s Health Research! It was 20 years ago when the Soroptimist International of La Jolla helped establish the Doris A. Howell Foundation for Women’s Health Research…
The Power of the 20-Second Hug Some background on the 20-second hug: The Howell Foundation celebrated its annual Health and Happiness Series with the presentation “Hormones and Happiness” in October.…
It was 20 years ago when Soroptimist International of La Jolla helped establish the Doris A. Howell Foundation for Women’s Health Research to honor a remarkable woman who’s work denoted…
Q&A with Dr. Highlander A revolution in medicine has occurred over the past seven years involving the bacteria in and on your body, your “microbiome.” Someday soon you will…
Believe it or not, hormones run our lives. Everything from our reproductive cycle, to sun tans, to the sleep cycle, hormones moderate so many of our basic biological functions. Have…
The Howell Foundation held it’s second Luncheon of the year with the presentation “Bone up: What you need to Know about Osteoporosis in 2015”, focusing on the diagnosis, therapies and…
What do you know about Osteoporosis? Did you know that as many as half of all women and a quarter of men older than fifty will break a bone because…