Geriatrician Care Guards Against Risk of Inappropriate Meds January 29, 2008 This article by HealthDay continues to be distributed and be published. Dr. James S. Goodwin, director of the Sealy Center on Aging and a geriatrics professor at UTMB is quoted in this article about the role geriatricians' play in ensuring that elderly patients receive only appropriate medications. Based on a study of 850,000 veterans over 65, researchers found that a little more than 26 percent of the patients had been improperly prescribed medication, either by dosage or type. The latest versions of the article are on the Webstite of KHNL/KFVE, Ch. 8, NBC in Honolulu http://www.k5thehometeam.com/Global/story.asp?S=7776030 and on the Website of WTHR, Ch. 13, NBC, in Indianapolis http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=7776030 « Back | The Newsroom »