Washington, Mar 11 : Men who take daily folic acid supplements are at an increased risk of developing prostate cancer, warns a new study.

According to researchers at the University of Southern California (USC), men who consume a daily folic acid supplement of 1 mg daily are more than twice the risk of prostate cancer.

Washington, Mar 11 : People who spend money on brain trainers to keep their mind sharp may get the same benefit from simply doing a crossword, says an expert.

Loss of thinking power is a fear shared by many aging baby boomers. That fear has resulted in a budding industry for brain training products - exercises such as Brain Age, Mindfit and My Brain Trainer.

Washington, Mar 10 : Insomnia can be a chronic problem lasting more than a year, a new study has found.

Insomnia is a symptom of a sleeping disorder characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep despite the opportunity.

Several factors such as being female, increasing age, having anxiety or depression and experiencing pain from medical conditions have been associated with insomnia.

The condition has been linked to higher health care costs, work absenteeism, disability and higher risk of hypertension and depression.

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.