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, ...

Your medication might start tattling on you if you skip a dose. Scientists at MIT have developed a groundbreaking smart pill that can wirelessly report the moment it’s been swallowed, giving doctors a ...

Researchers aim to develop a swallowable smart pill that temporarily operates in the gut to gently adjust nerve activity linked to stress.

The United Kingdom's National Health Service plans to begin piloting Proteus Biomedical's "smart pills" this month to help curb health costs due to medication non-adherence among heart failure ...

The "United States Smart Pills Market - Drug Delivery Innovation & Forecast 2025-2033" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. United States Smart Pills Market is expected to reach ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BALTIMORE — What if you could swallow a tiny robot that could diagnose, monitor and treat health issues in your gut without ...

In the near future, keeping tabs on your digestive health may feel far less intimidating. Instead of booking a procedure that requires prep, sedation and time away from work, you could swallow a small ...

Researchers have conducted the first ever trials of smart pills that can measure intestinal gases inside the body, with surprising results revealing some unexpected ways that fibre affects the gut.

Boosting a person's smarts through drugs or electrical or magnetic stimulation of the brain is becoming an increasingly widespread practice. Now, bioethicists are weighing in, saying that while such ...