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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Newer insulin glargine formula curbs nocturnal hypoglycemia
Gls-300 provided glycemic control similar to that of Gla-100 and cut the risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes patients, regardless of...
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Newer Insulin Glargine Formula Curbs Nocturnal Hypoglycemia
Key clinical point: Insulin glargine 300 U/mL provided glycemic control comparable to insulin glargine 100 U/mL, but it reduced the risk of...
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Triple therapy helped type 1 patients improve glycemia
NEW ORLEANS – The addition of dapagliflozin to insulin and liraglutide in patients with type 1 diabetes led to a significant improvement in...
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Triple Therapy Helped Type 1 Patients Improve Glycemia
Key clinical point: Adding dapagliflozin to insulin and liraglutide in patients with type 1 diabetes led to a significant improvement in glycemia...
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Canagliflozin benefits cohort of type 1 diabetes patients
NEW ORLEANS – Compared with placebo, canagliflozin improved glycemic control and reduced glycemic variability over 18 weeks in adults with type 1...
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High rates of early complications seen in youth with diabetes
NEW ORLEANS – There is a high burden of early complications among young adults with either type 1 or 2 diabetes, results from an ongoing study...
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Novel vaccine scores better hepatitis B seroprotection in type 2 diabetes
Compared with a currently licensed hepatitis B vaccine, Heplisav-B provided significantly better seroprotection among adults with type 2 diabetes...
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Menopause and Cardiovascular Risk Examined in Type 1 Diabetes
Key clinical point: Premenopausal women with type 1 diabetes have a higher cardiovascular risk, compared with their peers who do not have diabetes...
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Menopause and cardiovascular risk examined in type 1 diabetes
Premenopausal women with type 1 diabetes have a higher cardiovascular risk, compared with their counterparts who do not have diabetes.
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Who are the ‘no-shows’ to diabetes education classes?
Patients with diabetes who failed to show up for diabetes education classes were slightly younger and less likely to be insured, compared with...
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Body weight of U.S. veterans increased significantly from 2000 to 2014
United States veterans born since 1950 have gained weight faster than a comparable cohort of older veterans, results from a large analysis...
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Long-haul travel turbulent for many with type 1 diabetes
For many patients with type 1 diabetes, crossing multiple time zones by airplane renders their self-management into choppy going.
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Benefits of Lifestyle Intervention Only Brief in Some T2DM Patients
Key clinical point: A lifestyle intervention led to a pronounced reduction in hemoglobin A1c level after 6 months but not after 1 year for African...
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Benefits of lifestyle intervention only brief in some patients with type 2 diabetes
Underserved African Americans with type 2 diabetes who participated in a year-long intensive self-management program did not experience greater...