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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According to the National Institutes of Health, colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the U.S. and the second leading cause of death[...]
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Respondents to a recent Mayo Clinic National Health Check-Up survey say America has a weight problem, but only about half say there’s progress being made[...]
In April 2005, nine months after retiring from his job as assistant superintendent of Osseo School District in Maple Grove, Minnesota, James Boddie had a[...]