Joel Streed (@JoelStreed)
Joel is manager of the team that creates content for the Mayo Clinic News Network. He is a former broadcast journalist and news director. Joel has been with Mayo Clinic since 2001, first as a contract employee and then officially joining the staff in 2006. In 2012 Joel accompanied a research team to Mt. Everest and reported on their studies of high-altitude athletes.
According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 23,000 new cases of brain cancer were diagnosed in the U.S. last year. Of those, about one-third were gliomas[...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCNcTfV3frY The National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports that tens of millions of Americans suffer from chronic pain. It can destroy your quality of life and[...]
Dr. Brandon Lane Phillips' experience as a patient and a student at Mayo Clinic influences his own practice of medicine today As a pediatric cardiology[...]
Gloria Johnson’s life changed in the blink of an eye. Gloria and her husband, Floyd, were camping in South Dakota in August 2013, when her[...]
On a hot summer's day there's nothing like a trip to the beach or a dip in the pool, unless, you're allergic to the water.[...]
Fertility ... the ability to make a baby ... is affected by a host of factors. From diet and stress ... to age and genetics[...]
Malignant mesothelioma, cancer of the lining of the lungs and abdomen, is relatively rare but often fatal. The 5-year survival rate is between just 5 and 10[...]
If everyone else can do it, why can’t I? If Ty Wiberg, a 13-year-old from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, has one guiding principle in life, that[...]
In this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, we hear from Dr. John Cheville about a study which looked as some similarities between some breast and bladder[...]
Lumps and bumps are outward signs our bodies use to alert us that something might not be right on the inside. But not all lumps and bumps[...]
Courtney Kidd is working hard to raise organ donor awareness after a new approach to double-organ transplant saved her life. Born with five congenital heart[...]
Human organ transplantation has come a long way since the first heart transplant in 1967. But despite advances, there are still more than 100,000 people[...]