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The International Day of Older Persons is observed on October 1 each year. On December 14, 1990 the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons as recorded in Resolution 45/106. The holiday was observed for the first time on October 1, 1991.
JSA Virtual Fall Symposium: How well do treatments prevent COVID, shingles, heart disease, diabetes and anything else that might ail you?
Date: Sunday, November 22nd at 2:00 p.m. on Zoom
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/94417342670?pwd=ZkhJODJXNG9PMm4veVlZWFFYYk1Xdz09
To listen from your phone, call 778-907-2071. You will be prompted to enter the following: Meeting ID: 944 1734 2670, Passcode: 972344
Bio: Dr. James McCormack received his undergraduate pharmacy degree at the University of British Columbia in 1982 and received his doctorate in pharmacy (Pharm.D.) in 1986 from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.
He has had extensive experience, both locally and internationally, talking to health professionals and consumers about the rational use of medication, and has presented over 500 seminars on drug therapy over the last 30 years.
He focuses on shared decision-making using evidence based information and rational therapeutic principles and he is also the co-host of a very popular weekly podcast called the Best Science (BS) Medicine podcast.
