Reader Takes
Reader Takes is a regular feature where selected op-ed style pieces from the audience at Kevin, M.D. will be published on the blog.
Posts are between 500 and 600 words in length, and can argue any opinion related to medicine and health care.
Original articles that are provocative, well-written, free of grammatical or spelling errors, and generally follow these guidelines are preferred.
Once a reader take is published, it will remain at the top of the blog above the fold for one day. A link to the author's book, blog, or website will be included.
Kevin, M.D. receives in excess of 10,000 visits daily, and is regularly read by major media outlets.
The piece will remain exclusive to Kevin, M.D. and may not be republished elsewhere.
If you are interested in submitting a take for consideration, please contact me.
Why Propecia works better for some people.
New research explains why Propecia works better for some people than it does for others -- it's in the genes.
Mom, my hair loss is your fault!
New research has led to the discovery of a gene variant from the X chromosome, inherited in men from their mothers, that is involved in hair loss.
Grand rounds is up
six until me hosts the weekly best of the medical blogosphere.
Internal medicine rotation
Half MD talks about his internal medicine rotation:
One of the frequent complaints about the internal medicine clerkship is that rounds take entirely too long. My own team would routinely spend about three hours going through a census of only 20 patients. Some of my classmates got thrown into groups which would take five hours every day to run through the list—and that’s after all of the pre-rounding has been completed, orders filed, test results analyzed, and patients reassured.
Of course, the time it takes for rounds would be dependent on how efficient the attending or resident was. Three to five hours for 20 patients sounds about right. At least it was for me 7 years ago when I was a resident.
I wonder if there is more urgency to rounding now, with the pressure that hospitals put on attendings to quickly turnover and discharge patients.
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