August 25, 2010 / 9:40 PM EDT / CBS Detroit Henry Ford Health System Wednesday said it will introduce a new medicine bottle cap that includes a clock that reminds patients when to take the next pill.

Lots of people forget to take their medicine on time. Now firms are selling "smart" pill bottles that send patients reminders through the Internet. But maybe the real problem isn't forgetfulness.

A South African doctor has developed the SIMpill, a pill bottle that uses SMS to monitor how often pills are being taken and can send alerts to a patient’s phone if they have missed a dose by ...

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NEW YORK (WABC) -- New technology is helping people keep better track of whether they've taken their daily medications. It looks simple, yet the so-called smart pill bottle knows more than you ...

Target flipped bottle design on its head when it introduced in 2005 a red container with the opening on the bottom. That allowed the label to wrap around the top so it could be seen from above.

First, using orange makes pill bottles easy to spot. No matter how crowded your medicine cabinet is or how messy your purse is, that bright pop of orange is likely to stand out.

That could lead to improper dosage as patients tried to piece broken bits together to form a full pill. But pills today are coated, and Bayer stopped putting cotton in its bottles in 1999.

Pill bottles can be dropped off in the parking lot of Hobby Lobby on Cotton Exchange from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday. They will be collected by Pam Frederick of Trinity United Methodist Church.