Embracing Women's Health Through the Arms of the Howell Foundation.
We believe that 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 community. "If we can touch the life of ONE woman in our community, then it'll be ONE woman that will advocate for her own health", she comments. "We need to address gender differences, even if it is one woman at a time". The presentations she gives go beyond the obvious differences between men and women and delve into subjects such as the relationship between obesity, stress, depression, heart disease and hormones. In the past two months, she has been invited to speak at two organizations that are making a difference in women's lives in our community: The National CHEERS Foundation, and Las Damas de Fairbanks. The secret to her success as a key note speaker lies in her humor: "It is said that a man's testosterone level increases as he approache...