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Pills are not just for taking a vitamin or relieving pain anymore. Devices like the PillCam and the SmartPill can help doctors detect and monitor diseases in areas of the gastrointestinal tract that ...

Missing a dose can feel small in the moment. But in transplant care, HIV, tuberculosis, and many heart conditions, a skipped ...

MIT engineers design smart pill that confirms medication ingestion using biodegradable antenna technology. The pill safely ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved its first digital drug: a pill embedded with a sensor that transmits whether someone has taken it. Although the approval is a big step for digital ...

Today Walgreens shared new data from two studies that show the company's mobile tools -- both its mobile pill reminder and its Balance Rewards for Healthy Choices platform -- improve medication ...

The FDA approved the first drug in the U.S. Monday that can track medication ingestion and alert a patient’s physician or caregiver when it is taken. The drug, Abilify MyCite, has an ingestible sensor ...

Many people forget to take their medicine. About half of patients don't take their drugs as prescribed - maybe skipping doses or taking them at the wrong time. Non-compliance costs between $100 and ...

The ingestible device combines engineered bacteria with low-power electronics to monitor gut inflammation in real time. Roughly 7 million people around the world cope with inflammatory bowel diseases ...