DeeDee Stiepan (@deedeejstiepan)
DeeDee Stiepan is a communications specialist, brings seven years of multimedia journalism experience to her role since joining the News Network team in 2019. A four-time recipient of the Upper Midwest Regional Emmy Awards, DeeDee’s passion lies in telling compelling stories about the people and patients of Mayo Clinic.
There's a lot of brain power that goes into speech. First, there's a thought or idea, which the brain must translate into words. Those words[...]
Measuring how well a person is aging can be as simple as balancing or standing on one leg. It may not be easy for everyone[...]
Rates of stomach cancer, which is also called gastric cancer, among younger people is on the rise. Typically, stomach cancer is diagnosed in patients in[...]
Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is something many parents know as a cause of bronchiolitis, but others may not have heard of it until recently.[...]
Misconceptions about the influenza and COVID-19 vaccines may make some people hesitant to roll up their sleeves. What better way to clear up the confusion[...]
October is National Health Literacy Month. Health literacy refers to the ability of people to find, understand, and use information and services to make informed[...]
Influenza (flu) and COVID-19 are both highly contagious respiratory illnesses. COVID-19 is caused by infection with a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), and flu is caused by infection[...]
Nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry products are being recalled because of possible listeria contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food[...]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in women across the U.S. And rates of the disease[...]
Bats play an important role in many ecosystems around the world. They are a major predator of night-flying insects, including pests that cost farmers billions[...]
If you have a difficult time staying awake and alert during the day, you may be experiencing excessive daytime sleepiness. Dr. Virend Somers, a Mayo[...]
A person has died of rabies following exposure to a bat. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, this is the fourth case of human[...]