Countless patients, and their loved ones, struggle with maintaining rigid and complex medication regimens day in and day out. Moreover, doctors lack reliable ways to monitor compliance. Now, MIT ...

Swallowing it causes the coating to dissolve, which releases the antenna. This activates a radio-frequency tag, providing a time stamp for ingestion to be picked up by a nearby reader, like a wearable ...

A new MIT-designed smart pill can quietly signal when it’s been swallowed, helping doctors ensure medications aren’t missed.

Imagine a world where your pill could actually tell your doctor: “Yes, I’ve been taken.” That’s no longer science fiction.

A new type of “smart pill” designed to confirm when medications are actually swallowed could one day help doctors better track whether patients are taking prescriptions as directed. The technology, ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Lapses in adherence to taking ...

This post was co-authored by Stacey Humphries, Ph.D. Would you take a pill if it made you more productive at work? Or perform better in school? Would you care if other people around you took such a ...

Proteus Biomedical CEO Andrew Thompson describes his company as a pioneer of intelligent medicine -- Proteus embeds computers and sensors inside drugs and devices to monitor in real-time when a ...

Smart pill bottles may boost adherence to oral breast cancer therapies through daily reminders and tracking, though cost and technology barriers remain, says Steven Manobianco, MD. I think that the ...