http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Bracelets and amulets are in the works at Dartmouth's Institute for Security, Technology, and Society (ISTS). Rather than items of mere adornment, the scientists and engineers are constructing personal mobile health (mHealth) devices—highly functional jewelry, as it were. http://phys.org/news266583471.html Technology Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:58:06 EST news266583471 Twelve factories in eastern China were closed down after children living nearby were found to have high levels of lead in their blood, state press reported Monday. http://phys.org/news261042031.html Technology Mon, 09 Jul 2012 08:40:40 EST news261042031 (AP) -- Warning: The warming of the world's oceans can cause serious illness and may cost millions of euros (dollars) in health care charges. http://phys.org/news235139483.html Space & Earth Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:35:52 EST news235139483 The cost of health care poses a burden to developed countries that could spark immense financial crises if not contained, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday. http://phys.org/news221827885.html Medicine & Health Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:51:50 EST news221827885 The percentage of personal bankruptcies linked to medical bills or illness changed little, and the absolute number actually increased in Massachusetts after the implementation of its landmark 2006 law requiring people to buy health insurance, a Harvard study says. http://phys.org/news218777842.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:10:02 EST news218777842 In one of the largest studies of its kind Danish sleep researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the Danish Institute for Health Services Research have examined the socio-economic consequences of the sleep disorders snoring, sleep apnoea, and obesity-related respiratory difficulties (obesity hypoventilation syndrome). These disorders are a serious health and social-economic burden on the individual and on society as a whole. http://phys.org/news214054435.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:50:01 EST news214054435 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) have shown that an employer-sponsored, internet-based diet and exercise program shows promise as a low-cost benefit to lower healthcare costs for those at higher risk for above-average costs and healthcare utilization such as cardiac, hyperlipidemia, hypertension or diabetes patients. These findings appear in the current issue of the Journal of Medical Internet Research. http://phys.org/news175874602.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:30:09 EST news175874602 Filling our fuel tanks with cellulosic ethanol instead of gasoline or corn-based ethanol may be even better for our health and the environment than previously recognized, according to new research from the University of Minnesota. http://phys.org/news152817750.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:23:11 EST news152817750