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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Three Meal a Day Pattern Still Strong Among U.S. Adults
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- Doug Brunk
Major Finding: In all, 59% of men and 64% of women reported consuming the standard three-meal pattern of breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and about...
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Sodium, Sugar Intake Predicted Vascular Function
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- Doug Brunk
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HF: Education, Phone Follow-Up Top Usual Care
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- Doug Brunk
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Free Meal Weight-Loss Program Beat Usual Care
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- Doug Brunk
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Internet-Based Weight Maintenance Yields Mixed Results
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- Doug Brunk
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Active Adults May Still Gain Weight During the Holidays
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- Doug Brunk
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Rapid Weight Loss May Trigger Risk for Certain Ailments
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- Doug Brunk
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Rapid Weight Loss May Trigger Risk for Certain Ailments
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- Doug Brunk
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Exercise May Not Stop Holiday Weight Gain
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- Doug Brunk
Major Finding: During the 1999-2000 holiday winter quarter, 73% of men and women gained 0.1 kg or more, with 19% gaining 2 kg or more.
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DASH Diet Adherence Predicts Vascular Dysfunction in Healthy Black Women
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- Doug Brunk
Major Finding: Compared with a reference population from the Nurses’ Health Study, healthy black women with low adherence to a DASH-type diet had...
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Internet-Based Weight Maintenance Program Yields Mixed Results
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- Doug Brunk
Major Finding: Adults randomized to a weight-loss program delivered online lost a statistically similar amount of weight at 18 months, compared...
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Radiation Therapy After Lumpectomy Positively Impacts Recurrence and Survival
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- Doug Brunk
Major Finding: Among the 7,334 women with pathology-confirmed node-negative disease, adding radiation therapy reduced the 10-year risk of isolated...
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Imiquimod Effective for Many Skin Cancers, Expert Says
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- Doug Brunk
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Imiquimod Effective for Many Skin Cancers, Expert Says
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- Doug Brunk
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MRI Spotted Additional Breast Cancer in Women With Early Disease
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- Doug Brunk
Major Finding: Magnetic resonance imaging identified additional breast cancer in 10 of 91 patients with newly diagnosed disease who were otherwise...