Proteus Biomedical’s ‘smart pills’ will be piloted with the NHS starting this month with the Royal Berkshire and Imperial College Healthcare Trusts. The 40-person, four-month study will test bisoprolol, a beta-blocker, and furosemide, a diuretic pill, fitted with Proteus’edible microchips that transmit… Read more'Tattletale pills' picked up by the NHS

The Washington Post mulls the ‘age tsunami’ of 90 million Americans over 65 by 2050 and discovers telehealth…or ‘telemedicine’ as they call it.  The good news is that this article depicts telehealth in long term applications in home care, through services… Read moreThe 'age tsunami' hits the Washington Post

An implantable glucose sensor + telemetry system that continuously measures blood glucose via fluctuations in oxygen levels in tissue, developed by GlySens and partly sponsored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, has successfully completed testing in pigs at University of California, San Diego. Human trials for both… Read moreImplantable blood glucose meter nears human trials