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.
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The old saying “timing is everything” is definitely true for your eating and sleeping routines. In this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, Dr. Joseph Murray, a Mayo[...]
Mayo Clinic researcher John Fryer, Ph.D., is hopeful the work in his laboratory will yield insights into Alzheimer's disease, as well as sepsis — an[...]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 7 million children in the U.S. suffer from asthma, a condition where the airways[...]
It's that time of year here in the U.S.: Flu season has begun. Influenza is a respiratory infection that can cause serious complications, particularly to[...]
Following cutting-edge brain scanning and precision surgery, Jo Weir is catching up on decades of sleep lost to nighttime seizures, and she's relishing her renewed[...]
After John Sullivan experienced the benefits of a Choline C-11 PET scan when he had a recurrence of prostate cancer, he and his fiancée, Sheri[...]
Genitourinary syndrome of menopause is a common problem that affects at least half of postmenopausal women. Symptoms of genitourinary syndrome of menopause can include vaginal dryness, itching, painful intercourse and[...]
After lengthy treatment for metastatic colon cancer, not only did Don Guillot emerge with the disease in remission, he also came away inspired to pursue[...]
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Not an extraterrestrial spaceship, but something equally fascinating—extracellular vesicles are biological nanoparticles secreted by all cells. Extracellular vesicles contain biomolecules, such as RNA, proteins, lipids[...]
When persistent fatigue began to slow down Ricardo Henriquez, an evaluation at Mayo Clinic revealed he needed surgery to fix his heart valves and correct[...]