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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Low-income DC communities have restricted access to iPLEDGE pharmacies
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 31, 2020
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FDA okays emergency use of convalescent plasma for seriously ill COVID-19 patients
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 28, 2020
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Survey explores the role of social media in choosing a dermatologist
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 25, 2020
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Low fitness level linked to higher risk of heart failure in diabetes
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 23, 2020
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AFib-related cardiovascular deaths on the rise
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 19, 2020
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Cardiovascular risk varies between black ethnic subgroups
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 19, 2020
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African Americans with SLE face increased risk of CVD hospitalizations
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 18, 2020
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Fracture liaison services confer benefit on recurrent fracture risk
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 17, 2020
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CV health in pregnancy improves outcomes for mother and infant
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 16, 2020
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Red meat intake linked to increased risk of fatal CHD in men
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 12, 2020
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Gender, racial disparities persist in statin use by ASCVD patients
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 12, 2020
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Exercise needn’t be strenuous to reduce heart risk
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 6, 2020
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Complexity of suicidal ideation, behavior points to need for new treatments
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 5, 2020
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Beginning estrogen soon after menopause slows atherosclerosis progression
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 5, 2020
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rTMS for depression continues to evolve
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- Doug Brunk
Publish date: March 3, 2020