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.
There's no question that work can be stressful. Constant demands on your time and talents make it hard to fit in exercise, time for relaxation[...]
If you go looking for Charles Metzler, you’ll often find him out on the acreage he owns in the Rocky Mountain foothills near Casper, Wyoming.[...]
A cancer diagnosis is upsetting at any age but even more so when the patient is a child. According to the National Institutes of Health, it’s estimated[...]
Shirley and Bob Gessner have weathered some tough times during their 56 years of marriage. But nothing could have prepared Shirley for the night of[...]
Crumbling infrastructure puts us at risk, especially if it’s our own internal, bony frame. But patients dealing with thinning bone in hips and spine have[...]
According to the National Institutes of Health, functional neurological disorders, also known as conversion disorders, are conditions in which you show psychological stress in physical[...]
Travis McGinnis was just 30 years old when an insidious cancer was discovered in his brain. It had been growing there for some time, he[...]
Editor’s note: In this article, Alexandra Abreu-Figueroa, an intern in Public Affairs at Mayo Clinic's Florida campus, shares her story and discusses why she participates in[...]
Varicose veins — those gnarled, enlarged veins — usually show up in your legs and feet, because standing and walking upright increases the pressure in[...]
“My husband and I would have totally crumbled if the support hadn’t been there,” says Lynn Luloff, chief financial officer of Winneshiek Medical Center in[...]
While many people are concerned about what they eat and their body image, eating disorders are marked by extremes. Most eating disorders involve focusing too[...]
Imagine a gut bacteria so strong that it resists antibiotic treatment. Clostridium difficile (C-diff) can be difficult to treat, but a new approach — fecal microbiota[...]