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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Noninjectable modes of insulin delivery coming of age

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: February 2, 2020

Intranasally delivered insulin may also improve neurocognitive function.

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HHS declares coronavirus emergency, orders quarantine

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 31, 2020

The order “offers the greatest level of protection for the American public in preventing introduction and spread,” Dr. Cetron said.

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Menopause hormone therapy found to delay type 2 diabetes

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 30, 2020

LOS ANGELES – Transdermal delivery of estrogen is the preferred means of administration in women who are obese, who have a risk of DVT, or who have...

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CDC: First person-to-person spread of novel coronavirus in U.S.

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 30, 2020

CDC Director Dr. Robert R. Redfield said “the full picture of how easy and how sustainable this virus can spread is unclear.”

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CDC: Risk in U.S. from 2019-nCoV remains low

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 30, 2020

The genetic sequence for all five viruses detected in the United States to date has been uploaded the CDC website.

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CDC: Five confirmed 2019-nCoV cases in the U.S.

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 27, 2020

At this time in the United States, the virus is not spreading in the community.

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Actor Alan Alda discusses using empathy as an antidote to burnout

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 23, 2020

The practice “kind of opens people up to one another, which inspirits them,” the iconic actor said.

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Alan Alda, Scripps Research join forces to improve science communication

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 21, 2020

LA JOLLA, CALIF. – “Curiosity is the key to staying alive,” the iconic actor said. “That would bring us to a point of more people understanding sci...

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Sarcopenia associated with increased cardiometabolic risk

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 16, 2020

LOS ANGELES – Loss of lean body mass and function with aging reduces metabolically active tissue, which can lead...

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Bariatric surgery is most effective early in the diabetes trajectory

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 15, 2020

LOS ANGELES – But in the United States, only about 1% of eligible patients with diabetes undergo the procedure.

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Treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is a work in progress

Author:: Doug Brunk

Publish date: January 13, 2020

Although the disorder has a lower mortality than heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, it places a significant burden on health care system...