The doctor diagnoses and treats an illness. Yet, the bottom line is that nurses are the ones who actually take care of our loved ones. This year, the Cheryl Wilson…

The doctor diagnoses and treats an illness. Yet, the bottom line is that nurses are the ones who actually take care of our loved ones. This year, the Cheryl Wilson…
How does one become addicted? Does addiction start with a bad habit? What happens in our brain when we suffer from addiction? What is the correlation between the science,…
Simple Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle For the Howell Foundation, women’s health is year round. It’s a celebration — and well deserved recognition– of the long path that scientists have…
It is well known that approximately 19 million people in the United States suffer depression each year; that is 1 in 5 Americans. Sadly, the majority are women. Women are…
Jaidev Bapat, one of the recipients of the Mirandon Foundation Scholarships is focused on a form of cancer–ovarian. Jaidev’s work in the lab will focus on ovarian tumor metastasis and…
Tiffany Lee received one of three scholarships awarded by the Mirandon Foundation for Hope, indicating an interest in cancer, especially of the breast. Tiffany Lee’s project title is “Dissecting the Molecular…
Jonathan Pham is researching the topic of the “Role of Sirt1 during Mouse Trophoblast Injury.” Jonathan, the second Mirandon Foundation for Hope scholar, will focus on the roll of the…
This year, our 25th anniversary celebration year, also includes celebrating the success of our scholars. If our work empowers one individual to pursue a career in research, then we…
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…
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…
It is eternally, tiredly and jokingly stated that women really do not need to be understood… just loved. But nothing could be farther than the truth according to Hamilton Loeb…
San Diego, CA – August, 2015. The Doris A. Howell Foundation announced the recipients of the Cheryl A Wilson Nursing Scholarship to CDR Ryan Nations with the project entitled…
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…
June is National Men’s Health Month. Just as with women’s health, men’s health problems have an impact on wives, mothers, daughters and sisters; often times becoming a family matter. On…
Meet Betty Brayshay, fundraiser for the Doris A. Howell Foundation. Her business is in the dough… not the one to bake with (although she is a very good cook),…
The Importance of Osteoporosis Awareness There are many factors that cause Osteoporosis– a poor diet, lack of exercise, smoking, alcohol, being over the age of 50, not getting enough vitamin…