Doug Brunk

Doug Brunk is a San Diego-based award-winning reporter who began covering health care in 1991. Before joining the company, he wrote for the health sciences division of Columbia University and was an associate editor at Contemporary Long Term Care magazine when it won a Jesse H. Neal Award. His work has been syndicated by the Los Angeles Times and he is the author of two books related to the University of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball program. Doug has a master’s degree in magazine journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Follow him on Twitter @dougbrunk.

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Expert Shares Tips for Optimizing Facelifts

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 31, 2012

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Tips to Securing the Postconsult Patient

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 30, 2012

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Fat Transplantation's Mechanism of Action Remains Elusive

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 27, 2012

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d-Dimer May Be a Useful Marker of VTE Risk

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 24, 2012

Major Finding: The rate of VTE was 3.5- to 4-fold higher in patients with a baseline d-dimer more than twice the upper limit of normal, compared w...

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Study: Aspirin Reduced Risk of Recurrent Clots

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 24, 2012

Major Finding: In a population of patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism who had completed 6-12 months of oral anticoagulant treatment, a...

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Making Your Office 'The Best in Town'

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 23, 2012

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Herbs Are Not Viable Osteoarthritis Treatment

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 18, 2012

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Mindfulness Sessions Eased Arthritis Symptoms

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 13, 2012

Major Finding: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic joint diseases who participated in a 10-session mindfulness-based group intervention experienc...

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Many Elderly AML Patients Not Receiving Chemotherapy

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 13, 2012

Major Finding: More than half of elderly patients (56%) with AML received only best supportive care post diagnosis, Data Source: A study of 6,888 ...

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New Scoring System Devised for Youth With Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 10, 2012

Major Finding: Based on new scoring system, 22% of an intermediate-risk population can be predicted to have an event-free survival rate of less th...

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Infliximab Switch Clears Psoriasis in Etanercept Nonresponders

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 6, 2012

Major Finding: After switching to infliximab, 65% of patients with plaque psoriasis had a Physician Global Assessment score of clear (0) or minima...

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IGF-I Doesn't Predict Late Complications in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 6, 2012

Major Finding: Among childhood cancer survivors who had low IGF-I levels and received growth hormone stimulation, IGF-I z scores did not did not s...

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Heparin Bridging Associated With Increased Bleeding Risk

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 5, 2012

Major Finding: Patients who received heparin bridging during interruption of oral anticoagulation had a significantly increased risk of overall bl...

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D-Dimer May Be Marker of VTE Risk

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 5, 2012

Major Finding: The rate of VTE was 3.5- to 4-fold higher in patients with a baseline D-dimer more than twice the upper limit of normal, compared w...

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Preoperative Transfusions Benefit Severe Sickle Cell Patients

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 4, 2012

Major Finding: In patients with severe sickle cell disease, a perioperative complication occurred in 39% of 33 patients who did not receive a preo...

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