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.
It began with a headache in 2007. That was followed by weakness on his left side, a slight slurring of his speech and tremors. Doctors[...]
To celebrate his “first birthday” after treatment for esophageal cancer, Ricky Rinehart, 54, rode his bike to Mayo Clinic — 213 miles across the desert[...]
“Couldn’t breathe, gasping for air,” is how Bobbie Sofia describes the first sign that something was wrong. In 2007, Bobbie Sofia and her husband, Sam,[...]
On July 16, 1999 John Kennedy Jr. died when the plane he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha’s Vineyard. Experts suspect Kennedy[...]
Amanda Mattheisen has endured chronic back pain since a car accident thirteen years ago. At times, the pain was so bad it controlled her life.[...]
Esophageal cancer took Jorge Rivera, 47, by surprise. An auto loan manager and a father of three, he had a full life and a passion[...]
When you think of robots, what comes to mind? R2D2 from Star Wars? Maybe Rosie, the maid, from The Jetsons cartoon? Well, a new study[...]
For Mark McNeary, a retired music industry executive, his miracle story began shortly after finishing Saturday morning chores at his ranch in Kingman, Ariz. Sudden,[...]
When I first met Marlow and Frances Cowan nearly three years ago, I recall Mr. Cowan joking, "At our age, we don't buy any green[...]
Having never been touched by any kind of cancer in any generation of my family, it came as a shock to learn of my breast[...]
Giving blood at Mayo’s onsite blood bank has become a regular part of Michael Cape’s life. He donates platelets every other Tuesday at 6 a.m.[...]
The indoor tanning business is receiving more heat, as a recent Congressional report accuses the industry of misleading teenagers about the health risks associated with tanning beds. The American[...]