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This month Morning Edition on Michigan Radio is marking Black History Month by looking at the contributions of Black Michiganders to the fields of science and medicine. Dr. Remus Robinson was a Black physician in Detroit at a time when hospitals and medical schools were segregated. Morning Edition host Doug Tribou talked to Bryce Huffman, who wrote about Robinson for Bridge Detroit.
Dr. Remus Robinson was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1904. He first came to Detroit as a teen before getting his medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1930.
Dr. Remus Robinson, who is pictured here standing in his home, was among the first Black doctors in the city to have admitting privileges at a white hospital. Robinson also served as the chief surgeon at Parkside Hospital, one Detroit’s former Black hospitals.
Macomb County man, 90, dies after COVID-19 vaccine but doctors say shots are safe
Kristen Jordan Shamus
Detroit Free Press
Daniel Thayne Simpson, a retired accountant from Chesterfield Township who served in the Navy during the Korean War, got his first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 3.
The next day, Simpson, 90, was dead. He told my brother he was getting it and he had a sticker showing that he got it, William Simpson of Ann Arbor told the Free Press. But then, he stopped returning phone calls. We were assuming he felt tired or something and went to bed early and never woke up, William Simpson said. My brother Dan went over as he often does at 5 in the evening the next day. . He found my father dead.
Essentia Health welcomes Dr. Kathryn McLellan
Dr. Kathryn McLellan, who specializes in sports medicine, is excited to welcome new patients at the Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic. She will also care for patients at Essentia’s clinics in Superior and Virginia.
“I was drawn to Essentia by the comprehensive orthopedic care provided,” Dr. McLellan said. “The coordination between the non-surgical orthopedic physicians and the surgeons was unmatched anywhere else that I found.”
Dr. McLellan earned a medical degree from the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. She completed a residency in family medicine at Central Main Family Practice in Lewiston, Maine, and a fellowship in sports medicine at Sparrow Hospital in East Lansing, Mich. Dr. McLellan is certified in family medicine and sports medicine.
Here s how zinc could help with fertility during pandemic ANI | Updated: Feb 14, 2021 11:20 IST
Washington [US], February 14 (ANI): During the coronavirus pandemic, men and women who are attempting to conceive can get assistance in reproduction by zinc supplements, suggest the findings of a novel study. Zinc may help prevent mitochondrial damage in young egg, and sperm cells.
The study was published in the journal Reproductive Sciences . The COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken a toll on the physical and mental health of people, has also reportedly affected fertility among men and women. The new study has found a way to combat the ill-effects of the pandemic, on fertility.
Researchers receive $1,894,271 grant to address new drug targets for diastolic dysfunction
After the left ventricle of the heart contracts, it must relax efficiently to prepare to refill and supply the body with blood on the next beat. An increasing number of patients including nearly all patients with heart failure suffer from impaired relaxation, which is part of a clinical syndrome known as diastolic dysfunction. Currently, treatments for impaired relaxation do not exist.
A team of Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers led by Charles Chung, Ph.D., assistant professor of physiology, recently received a $1,894,271 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to address the critical need for new drug targets and diagnostic indexes for diastolic dysfunction using novel biomechanical tests that ultimately can be translated into clinical practice.