Kathleen Kenny, PharmD, RPh

Kathleen Kenny, PharmD, RPh

Kathleen Kenny, PharmD, RPh, earned her doctoral degree from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. She has more than 30 years' experience as a community pharmacist and works as a clinical medical writer based in Homosassa, Florida.

Articles by Kathleen Kenny, PharmD, RPh

Interest in dietary fat and its effects on cardiovascular disease date to the 1930s, when animal experiments indicated that dietary cholesterol contributed to an elevated serum cholesterol level, which resulted in the development of atherosclerosis.

Edward Jenner created the first vaccine to protect against smallpox in the 1790s.1 Since then, the pathway to effective and safe vaccines has not been direct or easy, yet millions of lives have been saved, proving that vaccines, in general, are powerful medical interventions.1