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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Health benefits of TAVR over SAVR sustained at 1 year
SAN FRANCISCO – This marks the first randomized trial to show a persistent, albeit modest, disease-specific health status advantage with TAVR at 6...
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Study shows comparable outcomes for total hip arthroplasty vs. hemiarthroplasty
While functional outcomes modestly favored total hip arthroplasty, the rates of mortality and serious adverse events were similar between the two...
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Supplemental MRI found to benefit women with dense breast tissue
The trial was not large enough to examine the effect of MRI screening on breast cancer–specific or overall mortality.
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ACGME deepening its commitment to physician well-being, leader says
NEW ORLEANS – Positive social relationships with others are crucial to joy and well-being in the practice of...
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Managing pain in kids during minor procedures: A tricky balance
NEW ORLEANS – Some children will want to watch what you’re doing, but normally Dr. Krauss uses towels or blankets to...
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Advances in digital otoscopy help improve AOM diagnoses
NEW ORLEANS – “The availability of digital otoscopy in the office setting may improve our diagnostic skills and...
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Are you operating in the black when it comes to vaccine administration?
NEW ORLEANS – “Practices that have the discipline to maintain their inventories are inevitably the ones who are more...
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Pediatricians uniquely qualified to treat adolescents with opioid use disorder
NEW ORLEANS – Increasing numbers of OUD patients are initiating buprenorphine treatment in the ED.
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Expert shares tips for TNF-alpha inhibitor use in special populations
LAS VEGAS – Optimizing anti-TNF-alpha treatment starts with recognizing there is a loss of response over time, Dr. Kerdel said.
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Narrowband UVB phototherapy an effective treatment for psoriasis
LAS VEGAS – Home-based UVB phototherapy is gaining in popularity and is comparable with in-office UVB in terms of accuracy and efficacy.
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Adding mental health clinicians to your practice is full of benefits
NEW ORLEANS – Nationwide, half of patients who are referred for mental health do not make their initial appointment...
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Tide beginning to turn on vaccine hesitancy
NEW ORLEANS – “Is it your inalienable right as a U.S. citizen to allow your child to catch and transmit a...
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Options for acne treatment continue to advance
LAS VEGAS – CBD has been shown to have positive effects on abnormal keratinization, as well as anti-inflammatory effects.
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Expert reviews strategies for diagnosing, treating onychomycosis
LAS VEGAS – The ideal treatment for onychomycosis would not pose a systemic risk to the liver, heart, or other organs, and would not require lab...