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.
The year 2020 offered more research challenges than normal. Many researchers shifted their focus almost entirely to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 – looking for ways to[...]
The Obesity Paradox Excerpted from a 2009 Mayo Clinic Proceedings article, The Obesity Paradox: Perception vs Knowledge. "Data from several epidemiological studies, including the Framingham[...]
Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D., is a Mayo Clinic molecular neuroscientist who originally hails from Japan. Dr. Ikezu's science career has led him across the globe[...]
A new biomarker of insulin resistance was tied to a 600 percent increase in risk of premature coronary heart disease By Brigham and Women's Hospital[...]
More than 34 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Of these, the vast majority have type 2,[...]
Are you a digital health innovator? Are you building sensors, wearables, or other digital health tools to be used in clinical trials to capture information[...]
Esophageal cancer is relatively rare, making up only about 1% of cancer cases diagnosed each year in the U.S. Mayo Clinic researchers have found that[...]
A traditional Southern diet – identified as fried foods, organ meats, processed meats, egg and egg dishes, sugar-sweetened beverages, and bread – play a large role[...]
If you experience tingling, weakness or stabbing pain in your hands or feet, you may be among the 2%–3% of the population with peripheral neuropathy.[...]
Winter may be winding down for some, but for others, the snow, cold and ice will continue to create hazardous conditions that can lead to[...]
The line between hobby and addiction is more defined after the World Health Organization began identifying gaming addiction as a mental health disorder. In this[...]
At Mayo Clinic multidisciplinary collaboration is not just a catch phrase, it's a critical element of the culture. Without teamwork, patient care would suffer, as[...]