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Know Your Vitamins and Supplements
2025-08-12 11:00:00 2025-08-12 12:00:00 America/New_York Know Your Vitamins and Supplements Learn how to include vitamins and supplements in your diet as part of a healthy lifestyle. Brick Branch - Brick Meeting Room

Tuesday, August 12
11:00am - 12:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-12 11:00:00 2025-08-12 12:00:00 America/New_York Know Your Vitamins and Supplements Learn how to include vitamins and supplements in your diet as part of a healthy lifestyle. Brick Branch - Brick Meeting Room

Brick Branch

Brick Meeting Room

Learn how to include vitamins and supplements in your diet as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Vitamins are important for your body's health. Join Lucrecia M. Campisi, Population Health Manager, and Sandi Khalla, Clinical Pharmacist, from Hackensack Meridian Health as they discuss the importance of understanding vitamins and supplements as part of your overall lifestyle. Learn how to incorporate vitamins and supplements properly into your diet and how to talk to your doctor about which ones are right for you. Dr. Tamchun Wang, MB, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Sciences, will also discuss a New Jersey Health Foundation-funded grant project about polypharmacy among local elderly citizens.

A question and answer session will follow the presentation.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Discussion | Health & Wellness |

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