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The University of Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors weren’t the only ones awed by the massive stadium –called the Ohio State Horseshoe, or “the shoe”–when the team played the Buckeyes earlier September 12. “It was an amazing experience to see the Warriors play in front of 107,000 football fans in Columbus,” said Justin Young, MD, a faculty […]

One in eight women in the U.S. will get breast cancer. But there is hope. Since 1980, the five-year relative survival rate for women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer (cancer confined to the breast) has gone up from 74 percent to 99 percent! This progress was made with your continued support. Once again there […]

The Hawaiʻi H.O.M.E. Project’s 7th Annual Food and Wine Tasting Fundraiser – Hoʻola me ke kahiau, “Healing with compassion through selfless giving”, will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at the Waikīkī Aquarium. The fun starts at 6:00 p.m. It is a great time to explore the aquarium while sampling ʻono food from a […]

Raul Rudoy, an MD and UH Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist, is among health officials concerned that vaccination rates in Hawaiʻi to prevent the potentially deadly Human Papillomavirus (HPV) are still quite low. Only 34% of females and 15% of males in Hawai’i have been fully immunized, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control. […]

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Congratulations to JABSOM’s May Okihiro, MD, MS, the Healthcare Association of Hawaiʻi awardee for excellence in public health! Dr. Okihiro serves Hawai’i at the Waiʻanae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, the University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and leads the Hawaiʻi Initiative for Childhood Obesity Research and Education. Dr. Okihiro is pictured […]