Sir, With reference to “Prescribing pain” (The Big Read, July 30): physically or chemically changing a pill to combat the misuse of drugs is not the most effective way. Even facial recognition systems ...

The device is equipped with a fingerprint scanner to ensure that pills are dispensed only to the prescribed patient in correct dosages at the right time. Mechanical engineering students at John ...

Prescription painkillers have become so widely misused and abused that many doctors now hesitate to prescribe them even to patients clearly in need of pain relief. Controlling what patients do with ...

You can whack it with a hammer, attack it with a drill, or even stab it with a screwdriver. But try as you might, you won't be able to get into this pill dispenser. Which is exactly the idea. You can ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – More than 50,000 children younger than 5 years of age are brought to emergency rooms for medication overdoses each year. Child-resistant pill containers help cut down the number ...

You can whack it with a hammer, attack it with a drill, even stab it with a screwdriver. But try as you might, you won't be able to tamper with a high-tech pill dispenser designed by mechanical ...