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.
Many years ago, when I was a much younger person, I was taught that good health meant not only the lack of disease but was[...]
Jill Camirand likes to keep moving. When she finished college in New Hampshire the first thing she did was get on a train and go.[...]
For five years, Erin Turner battled pain that ranged from nagging to excruciating in her right wrist. Turning a doorknob hurt. Opening a jar of[...]
Earl Nolting was diagnosed with Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (WM) in 2000. WM is a rare disorder involving enlargement of the liver and spleen associated with anemia,[...]
While you are at Mayo Clinic, whether you are accompanying a family member or friend, consider updating important preventive care services that can help preserve[...]
ABC World News Tonight ran a story yesterday about Roger Frisch, a solo violinist and associate concertmaster for the Minnesota Orchestra, and how he came[...]
On its journey from the laboratory to the patient, research must pass through an important checkpoint: the research volunteer. However, it’s often difficult for researchers[...]
Mayo innovation and teamwork changed my life not once , but twice, nearly 60 years ago. I am writing this tribute to express my gratitude[...]
When Marlow and Fran Cowan returned to Mayo Clinic last week for an encore performance of their viral piano playing duet, reporter Julie Nelson from[...]
Marlow and Fran Cowan returned to Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester this week. You likely remember them as the couple whose piano duet became a YouTube[...]
Whitney Len, Public Affairs intern at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida, shares her perspective on the breast cancer marathon. The highlight of my weekend? Crossing[...]
Editor's Note: The following was written by Christine Lairmore of Lake Arrowhead, California. When our daughter, Hayley, turned 14 on March 8, 2009, we took[...]