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…
Category: Women’s Health organizations in San Diego
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…
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…
Chocolate and Cardiovascular Disease: The "Bitter" Truth
Cardiovascular disease is hard to digest. We all pretty much know by now the facts on women and heart disease: 1 in 3 women will die of heat failure every…
For caregivers, the top 4 must-knows for senior care.
“What do you do when the phone rings at 11:00 at night, and it is the Emergency room telling you your parent fell, broke her hip, will have surgery and…
Not because we are old, but because we will eventually get there! Let's make our journey easier with healthy aging.
Have you ever wondered what steps we can take to prepare ourselves for healthy aging? Do we even know where to start? What resources are available to us to ensure…
Being Grateful for all the Nurses that cross our path!
National Nurse’s week is celebrated May 6th to May 12th. This incredibly noble profession isn’t always recognized as it should. Aside from treating patients that can be very sick or…
Google Doodle: The power of a dream and the possibilities of making it happen. International Women's Day Doodle 2016: #OneDayIWill
Those of us who constantly search the internet have come across a Google Doodle from time to time. Something to lighten up the day as well as informative and fun!…
Did you read this? New Lecture with Sonia Sharma
Oh yeah… and 2016, get ready, here we come! We kick off the year with the lecture “Understanding the genome 10,000 experiments at a time: applying genomic approaches to understand…
Dedicated women coming together to work towards women’s health - Soroptimist International of La Jolla
Soroptimist International of La Jolla (SILJ) is an organization that is known for acting upon community needs. The concern of the group about women’s health led them to take action,…
Why a universal health initiative is needed: shifting the current research paradigm to stop illness before it gets to you.
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…
In Support of Lung Cancer Awareness Month: The Facts to Know!
Facts about Lung Cancer Lung Cancer kills more people than Colon, Breast and Prostate cancer combined. While smoking can contribute to lung cancer, non smokers can get the disease as…
Happy 20th! And Thank you! Celebrating 20 Years
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…
Making the case for ‘why’ women’s health research: NOT a feminist issue.
Women’s health is not a feminist issue… it’s a gender one. We ARE different. Could it be that feminist phenomena and the breaking of several glass ceilings have led to…
Embracing Women's Health Through the Arms of the Howell Foundation.
We believe that embracing women’s health starts with research and ends with education. Our own Carole Banka has her ‘cheerleading’ hat on promoting the relevance of women’s health in our…
Color your Month Pink - Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month For this Breast Cancer Awareness Month, check out some cool statistics and tips on how to spot breast cancer. Regular self-examinations, mammograms and doctor…