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1.
Produce Prescriptions Sound Good, but Data to Support Them Are Lacking-That Could Soon Change.
McKenna, Maryn.
JAMA ; 331(17): 1433-1436, 2024 05 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38607621

ABSTRACT

This Medical News article discusses research initiatives to support produce prescriptions and other "food is medicine" nutrition programs in health care settings.


Subject(s)
Diet, Healthy , Food Assistance , Health Promotion , Prescriptions , Public Health , Humans , United States/epidemiology , Fruit , Vegetables , Diabetes Mellitus/diet therapy , Diabetes Mellitus/prevention & control , Heart Diseases/drug therapy , Heart Diseases/prevention & control , HIV Infections/diet therapy
2.
This 'super gonorrhoea' drug holds a lesson for avoiding microbial armageddon.
McKenna, Maryn.
Nature ; 626(8001): 942-944, 2024 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38418910

Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents , Drug Costs , Drug Discovery , Drug Resistance, Microbial , Organizations, Nonprofit , Humans , Anti-Bacterial Agents/economics , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Anti-Bacterial Agents/supply & distribution , Organizations, Nonprofit/economics , Drug Resistance, Microbial/drug effects , Drug Discovery/economics , Drug Discovery/methods , Drug Discovery/trends
3.
Deadly Kingdom.
McKenna, Maryn.
Sci Am ; 324(6): 26, 2021 Jun 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39020620
4.
The antibiotic paradox: why companies can't afford to create life-saving drugs.
McKenna, Maryn.
Nature ; 584(7821): 338-341, 2020 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32814891

Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/economics , Anti-Bacterial Agents/supply & distribution , Drug Industry/economics , Tetracyclines/economics , Administration, Intravenous , Administration, Oral , COVID-19 , Coronavirus Infections/complications , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/microbiology , Drug Approval/economics , Drug Approval/statistics & numerical data , Drug Resistance, Microbial , Humans , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral/complications , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Pneumonia, Viral/microbiology , Tetracyclines/administration & dosage , Tetracyclines/therapeutic use , Tigecycline/administration & dosage , Tigecycline/economics , Tigecycline/therapeutic use , United States , United States Food and Drug Administration
5.
Return of the Germs.
McKenna, Maryn.
Sci Am ; 323(3): 50, 2020 Sep 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39014687
6.
Antibiotics set to flood Florida's troubled orange orchards.
McKenna, Maryn.
Nature ; 567(7748): 302-303, 2019 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30890811

Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage , Anti-Bacterial Agents/adverse effects , Citrus sinensis/microbiology , Crops, Agricultural/microbiology , Drug Residues/adverse effects , Plant Diseases/microbiology , Plant Diseases/therapy , Animals , Anti-Bacterial Agents/analysis , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Aspergillosis/epidemiology , Citrus sinensis/drug effects , Crops, Agricultural/drug effects , Drug Residues/analysis , Drug Resistance, Microbial/drug effects , Environmental Monitoring , Farmers , Florida/epidemiology , Humans , Insect Vectors/drug effects , Oxytetracycline/administration & dosage , Oxytetracycline/analysis , Oxytetracycline/pharmacology , Plant Diseases/prevention & control , Program Evaluation , Risk Assessment , Streptomycin/administration & dosage , Streptomycin/analysis , Streptomycin/pharmacology , United States , United States Environmental Protection Agency/legislation & jurisprudence
7.
A flu vaccine that's always in season.
McKenna, Maryn.
Sci Am ; 310(1): 26-7, 2014 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24616966

Subject(s)
Influenza Vaccines , Drug Approval , Drug Discovery/economics , Humans , Influenza Vaccines/economics , National Institutes of Health (U.S.) , United States , United States Food and Drug Administration
8.
The pertussis parable.
McKenna, Maryn.
Sci Am ; 309(4): 34, 36, 2013 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24137852

Subject(s)
Pertussis Vaccine , Whooping Cough/prevention & control , Adolescent , Child , Humans , Pertussis Vaccine/administration & dosage , Pertussis Vaccine/adverse effects , Pertussis Vaccine/immunology , Treatment Failure , Whooping Cough/immunology , Whooping Cough/mortality
9.
Rethinking rabies. Some rabies infections may not be lethal, but be especially wary of dog bites.
McKenna, Maryn.
Sci Am ; 309(2): 28, 30, 2013 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23923202

Subject(s)
Bites and Stings/virology , Rabies/mortality , Rabies/transmission , Animals , Dogs/virology , Humans , Rabies/therapy , Rabies Vaccines , Rabies virus/pathogenicity
10.
Antibiotic resistance: the last resort.
McKenna, Maryn.
Nature ; 499(7459): 394-6, 2013 Jul 25.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23887414

Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Carbapenems/pharmacology , Drug Resistance, Bacterial , Enterobacteriaceae/pathogenicity , Klebsiella Infections/microbiology , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. , Drug Resistance, Bacterial/drug effects , Drug Resistance, Bacterial/genetics , Enterobacteriaceae/drug effects , Epidemiological Monitoring , Humans , Infection Control/standards , Internationality , Israel/epidemiology , Klebsiella Infections/epidemiology , Klebsiella Infections/prevention & control , Klebsiella Infections/transmission , Klebsiella pneumoniae/drug effects , Klebsiella pneumoniae/enzymology , Klebsiella pneumoniae/genetics , Klebsiella pneumoniae/pathogenicity , Public Health Surveillance , Shock, Septic/microbiology , United States/epidemiology , Vancomycin , beta-Lactamases/genetics , beta-Lactamases/metabolism
11.
Shock to the system.
McKenna, Maryn.
Sci Am ; 308(4): 30, 32, 2013 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23539785

Subject(s)
Sepsis/diagnosis , Sepsis/therapy , Shock, Septic/diagnosis , Shock, Septic/therapy , Acute Disease , Critical Care/methods , Humans , Inflammation/physiopathology , Sepsis/immunology , Shock, Septic/immunology , Time Factors
12.
The new age of medical monitoring.
McKenna, Maryn.
Sci Am ; 308(3): 33-4, 2013 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23469429

Subject(s)
Cell Phone , Monitoring, Physiologic/instrumentation , Administration, Inhalation , Asthma/drug therapy , Humans
13.
Virtues of the virtual autopsy: medical imaging offers new ways to examine the deceased.
McKenna, Maryn.
Sci Am ; 307(5): 30, 32, 2012 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23120891

Subject(s)
Autopsy/methods , Diagnostic Imaging , Autopsy/statistics & numerical data , Autopsy/trends , Forensic Pathology , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
14.
CMS head CT rule under fire.
McKenna, Maryn.
Ann Emerg Med ; 60(2): 20A-22A, 2012 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22993829

Subject(s)
Emergency Service, Hospital/legislation & jurisprudence , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/statistics & numerical data , Emergency Service, Hospital/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Medicare/legislation & jurisprudence , Medicare/standards , United States
15.
Return of the clap.
McKenna, Maryn.
Sci Am ; 306(5): 30-1, 2012 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22550918

Subject(s)
Cephalosporin Resistance , Drug Resistance, Bacterial , Gonorrhea/drug therapy , Gonorrhea/epidemiology , Gonorrhea/microbiology , Humans , Japan/epidemiology , Male , Mutation , Neisseria gonorrhoeae/drug effects , Neisseria gonorrhoeae/genetics , United States/epidemiology
16.
Food poisoning's hidden legacy.
McKenna, Maryn.
Sci Am ; 306(4): 26-7, 2012 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22486112

Subject(s)
Foodborne Diseases/complications , Salmonella Food Poisoning/complications , Aortic Aneurysm/microbiology , Arthritis, Reactive/microbiology , Child, Preschool , Colitis, Ulcerative/microbiology , Female , Humans
17.
A diabetes cliffhanger.
McKenna, Maryn.
Sci Am ; 306(2): 26, 28, 2012 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22295673

Subject(s)
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/epidemiology , Animals , Child , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/etiology , Dietary Fats/adverse effects , Humans , Hygiene Hypothesis
18.
Vaccine development: Man vs MRSA.
McKenna, Maryn.
Nature ; 482(7383): 23-5, 2012 Feb 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22297951

Subject(s)
Bacterial Vaccines/immunology , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/immunology , Staphylococcal Infections/immunology , Staphylococcal Infections/prevention & control , Animals , Child , Humans , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/genetics , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/pathogenicity , Mice , Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology , Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology
19.
Aging gracefully?: patient safety advocates call for ongoing skills assessments for older physicians.
McKenna, Maryn.
Ann Emerg Med ; 58(3): A15-7, 2011 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21980597

Subject(s)
Clinical Competence/standards , Physicians/standards , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Humans , Middle Aged , Work Schedule Tolerance
20.
Reaping the whirlwind: emergency physician recounts his fateful brush with deadly twister in Joplin, MO.
McKenna, Maryn.
Ann Emerg Med ; 58(3): A17-9, 2011 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21980598

Subject(s)
Disasters , Emergency Medicine , Tornadoes , Humans , Missouri
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