New Delhi  - Tobacco will kill 6 million people annually by next year and cause an estimated 500 billion-dollar loss to the global economy, according to health conference in India Tuesday.

The 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Mumbai revealed that China and India were the world's biggest tobacco users at 325 million and 241 million tobacco users respectively.

Washington, Mar 10: Researchers from University of Toronto have suggested a new minimal invasive therapy for relieving the pain of herniated disks.

The minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment uses oxygen/ozone to relieve the chronic pain of herniated disks.

Washington, Mar 10: Relatively healthy women with severe depression are at increased risk of cardiac events, including sudden cardiac death (SCD) and fatal coronary heart disease (CHD), says a new study.

In the study, boffins found that much of the relationship between depressive symptoms and cardiac events was mediated by cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking.

London, Mar 10 : Scientists are developing a portable lung which could help people with breathing problems lead a normal life.

Swansea University scientists say their device, which oxygenates blood outside the body before it goes through the lungs, could be an alternative to transplants, giving hope to those who suffer from conditions such as emphysema and cystic fibrosis.

Professor Bill Johns came up with the idea after his son died of Cystic Fibrosis.

Washington, Mar 10 : Chemicals present in cranberries prevent infection-causing bacteria from attaching to the cells that line the urinary tract, says a new study.

Washington, Mar 10 : Depression, anger and hostility may be red flags of increased risk of heart disease, warns a new study.

According to Journal of the American College of Cardiology study, the `hate emotions' are significantly associated with both a higher risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) in healthy individuals and poorer outcomes in patients with existing heart disease.

"Anger and hostility were found to predict a 19 percent and 24 percent increase in CHD events among initially healthy people and those with pre-existing CHD, respectively," says Yoichi Chida, M. D., Ph. D., Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College, London, UK.