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.
Megan LaChance used to dream of being a successful business woman. But a series of events, medical and otherwise, led her on a different path[...]
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Bill McWhite was vacationing along the Texas Gulf Coast — normally, a time to relax — when his body refused to let him unwind. Instead,[...]
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It's heart month, and in this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, Dr. Sharonne Hayes explains that when it comes to heart attacks, men and women[...]
News reports about health and medicine are often informative and useful. But sometimes, health news can miss the point or be misleading ... leaving you[...]
David Edming, of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, didn’t want to slow down when he retired. The U.S. Navy veteran, age 56, took up aviation and purchased a[...]
Temporary confusion ... a staring spell ... tingling or numbness ... uncontrollable jerking of the arms, legs or body. All these are signs and symptoms[...]
Most of us have known someone with cancer, either in our family or with a friend or an acquaintance. But cancer can be particularly cruel[...]