The ‘Top Ten Health Stories in Women’s Health, 2020 Edition’ Howell Webinar in February included a presentation from Dr. Andrea LaCroix, Director of the Women’s Health Center of Excellence at…
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The Doris A. Howell Foundation for Women’s Health Research to Support Komen’s Metastatic Breast Cancer Conference this Month
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Conference Scientists to present emerging research in Metastatic Breast Cancer Howell Foundation to be a part of the panel of judges for research proposals at…
Happy Holidays and a Wonderful 2019!
Happy Holidays! What a year 2018 has been, and 2019 is just around the corner! The Board of Directors at the Howell Foundation is working on lining up great speakers,…
Springing forward all year long: It's not about losing an hour of sleep, rather learning how to sleep to find your health!
In August 2107, our very own Dr. Andrea LaCroix presented the health benefits of learning how to sleep during the Howell Lecture Series Improving the Snooze: Sleeping Better as we Age. …
A glimpse into the future of heart disease
In February, the Howell Foundation was honored to have Dr. Anthony De Maria present the latest advances in medical and surgical treatment of heart disease. He is the Judith and…
A yearly reminder on Heart Health Month!
It’s Heart Health Month! 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…
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…
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…
Honoring the Women you love this holiday season with a Donation to the Howell Foundation!
Have you considered honoring a loved one with a donation to the Howell Foundation? Why should you? Because we ARE different, genetically, anatomically and psychologically. So what leads many to…
Celebrating the warriors in our lives on Cancer Survivors Day, June 5th.
FACT: 1 in 3 women will get cancer in her lifetime. Whatever the statistics, the encouraging news is that the diagnosis in women is declining. According to this year’s…
Women in Science Rock: Interview with our May 20th speaker Dr. Dorothy Sears, Ph.D on Simple Lifestyle Changes
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…
Women's Health Week: The time to start taking care of one's health is NOW for a healthy life. Are you up for a challenge?
Every year in May, the Office on Women’s Health celebrates Women’s Health Week. Let’s face it: when we are in our 20’s we think we are invincible! But the foundation…
Always GREAT to hear from our scholars - Brandon Strong!
Brandon Strong – Howell/CSUPERB Scholar 2016 Thank you Brandon Strong for you wonderful testimonial! Brandon was our 2016 CSUPERB Howell Scholar. The scholarship Brandon received goes to help him…
No need to count sheep! The 7 things you can do to improve your sleep tonight.
The National Sleep Foundation paints a pretty clear picture on how lack of sleep affects women and their health, how they cope and a few recommendations on how to improve…
Welcoming our newest Board Members
Welcome to our newest Board Members! The Howell Foundation wish to welcome two of our newest Board Members – Abigail D’Agostino and Carole Tuggey! Their collective experience will be a…