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…
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The Lighter Side of Women's Health. Sweet Weekend Ya'll - medicinal chocolate!
This just in from the Daily Mail: “World’s first medicinal chocolate: Scientists have developed a bar so healthy it could be taken as medicine.” Oh sweet heaven! As widely known,…
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…
Howell Foundation Awards Grant to Develop Resources for Young Cancer Survivors.
H. Irene Su, MD, MSCE, an associate professor in the Department of Reproductive Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, has been awarded a Community Engagement Initiative…
HEAR us out: Ovarian cancer is the 5th leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the US!
Women’s health starts with research and ends with education – education as in awareness to become our own best health care advocate. So to those who ask why women’s…
Howell Foundation Honored at Soroptimist's Annual Award Ceremony
Soroptimist International held its Soroptimist’s Annual Award Ceremony this past June to honor individuals and organizations who are making a difference in the community, in their lives and the lives…
Top Ten Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet Plus a 'Must' to Include in your Dinner Recipe Collection.
Last year, the Doris A. Howell Foundation hosted Dr. Robert Bonakdar, who gave an in-depth presentation on what constituted an anti-inflammatory diet to manage pain. “Think mediterranean diet”, he advised.…
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),…
Bone up! Do you know the latest about Osteoporosis?
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…
From Moving Objects with our Brain Signals to Re-building Gray Matter
For those who attended the first Howell Luncheon of the year, Dr. Coleman introduced the concept of translating brain signals into data that allows concrete –and at some point —…
Howell Foundation: Twenty Years of Funding Research for Future Women’s Health Biology and Medical Professionals.
Howell-CSUPERB Students Present their Fields of Research during Foundation’s first Luncheon of the Year. Scholars to Start their Research in Women’s Health in Spring &Summer 2015 CSUPERB and the Doris…