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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Socioeconomic status, race found to impact CPAP compliance
SAN DIEGO – Identifying patients at risk for noncompliance and treating comorbid symptoms could improve compliance to CPAP therapy.
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Nonsurgical OSA treatment ineffective in children with Down syndrome
CORONADO, CALIF. – OSA prevalence in children with Down syndrome is estimated to be between 30% and 70%.
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Asthma, obesity, and the risk for severe sleep apnea in children
CORONADO, CALIF. – The findings could pave the way for studies of asthma pharmacotherapy as a way to treat OSA in...
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Michigan Medicine launches effort to make wellness a cultural norm
CORONADO, CALIF. – Goal is “to help all human beings who are suffering in our work environment.”
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Pulmonary hypertension linked to complications after head and neck procedures
SAN DIEGO – The odds of in-hospital mortality were not significantly different for those with PHTN.
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Mild OSA spontaneously resolves in about one-third of young children
The presence of laryngomalacia did not affect the rate of OSA resolution in this cohort of patients.
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Diagnosing OSA: Polysomnography beats Fitbit, apps
The device and applications universally overestimated sleep time and showed only moderate association between sleep efficiency and AHI...
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Lessons learned from the PCSK9 inhibitor trials
LOS ANGELES – The higher your risk, the greater your benefit from therapeutic intervention.
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SNOT-22 may help identify patients with undiagnosed OSA
CORONADO, CALIF. – Finding underscores the overlap in symptoms between chronic rhinosinusitis and OSA.
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Impact of carbs vs. fats on CVD risk becoming better understood
LOS ANGELES – Risk measures can be improved by lowering dietary carbohydrates, not by lowering saturated fats.
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SGLT-2 inhibitors promising for heart failure prevention, not treatment
LOS ANGELES – The combination of heart failure and diabetes is particularly lethal.
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Does reduced degradation of insulin by the liver cause type 2 diabetes?
LOS ANGELES – Hepatic insulin clearance is significantly lower in African Americans, compared with European Americans, a difference that may...
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Postprandial glucose responses to identical meals vary from person to person
Some individuals responded most highly to glucose; others responded most highly to bread.
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Researchers exploring ways to mitigate aging’s impact on diabetes
LOS ANGELES – Potential preventative measures include caloric restriction, exercise, and taking metformin.