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…
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Are you addicted?
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,…
Women's Health Year Round!
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…
Depression in Women During Mental Health Month
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…
Howell -UCSD 2016 Scholar on Ovarian Cancer: A Personal Experience Turned to Research.
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…
Howell-UCSD 2016 Scholar and her interest in preventing breast cancer
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…
Howell-UCSD 2016 Scholar, Jonathan Pham, to research the role of placental development and pre-eclampsia
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…
Celebrating our Scholars: Congratulations Dr. Thinzar Helmi Lwin!
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…
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…
What Role Do Bacteria Play in Our Bodies? They are our Microbiome.
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…
From respect to perspectives: Men talk about women's health and why it's important.
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…
The Doris A. Howell Foundation for Women’s Health Research presents the recipients of the Cheryl A. Wilson Nursing Scholarship.
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…
From Osteoporosis to Gut Health: Make sure you register early to save your spot!
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…
Celebrating Men's Health Month: 10 Top Differences Between Men and Women's Health
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…
If you want bread, you NEED the dough.. pun intended! Our Fundraiser Betty Brayshay
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),…
Supporting Osteoporosis Awareness in May.
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…