News tagged with pill bottle cap

Next: the pill bottle cap with a cell phone

(AP) -- IPhones aren't the only cutting-edge devices on AT&T Inc.'s wireless network. A startup is set to announce that it's making pill-bottle caps that use Ma Bell's network to remind you to take your medicine.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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UC students design a better pill bottle for the blind and visually impaired

It’s easy to see that University of Cincinnati design students Alex Broerman and Ashley Ma are on to something with their new design and prototype for a prescription-medicine pill bottle that better serves ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers fight America's 'other drug problem'

Medications do not have a chance to fight health problems if they are taken improperly or not taken at all. Non-adherence to medications costs thousands of lives and billions of dollars each year in the United ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AT&T sets up division to target health care

(AP) -- AT&T Inc., the country's largest telecommunications company, on Thursday said it is setting up a division to target the health care industry, hoping to have a significant seat at the table when industry adopts electronic ...

Technology / Business

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Forget your medicine? This device won't let you

Just what the doctor ordered: Annoying little gizmos that help remind you when you fail to take your medicines. The stuff of science fiction? Maybe not.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 26, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Taking medicine for HIV proves hard to swallow for many people

Highly active antiretroviral therapy has increased the longevity and quality of life for people living with human immunodeficiency virus. But it requires strict adherence in taking the medicine, something that is extremely ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intensive management can improve blood pressure in non-adherent hypertensive patients

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that patients with uncontrolled hypertension respond to treatment intensification regardless of their degree of adherence to antihypertensive medications. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gifts, affirmations boost medication adherence in African-Americans

A patient education program that included self-affirmation and positive affect in the form of occasional gifts significantly increased medication adherence among African Americans with high blood pressure, according to research ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 11, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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