According to a recent report, if cardiac arrest occurs in a public place then it improves the chances of survival.

The chances of survival can increase if there is an automated external defibrillator.

According to a study published on Friday by The Lancet circumcision lowers the risk of HIV for men but doesn’t prevent them from passing it on to women once they are infected.

An inspection of 181 Boeing 737s, following a US plane's emergency landing due to a discovery of a football-sized hole in the plane's fuselage, has revealed no problem.

Earlier, a probe was launched by the National Transportation Safety Board into the occurrence of hole in the fuselage of Flight 2294.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., which is controlled by David Smith and his family and operates 58 television stations, said that if it can't restructure its heavy debt load, it will have to file for bankruptcy.

The Baltimore-based Group, whose reigns are in the hands of David Smith and his family, has an outstanding debt worth $1.3 billion as of March 31.

According to recent research people with superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease later in life despite having hallmark signs of the disease. 

As a result of the government’s “stress test” of the Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks Inc, – which required the bank to look for $2.2 billion of new equity capital – the bank Friday announced its move of cutting its dividend by 90 percent and selling nearly $1.25 billion of its common stock.

Analyzing the data from US National Institute on Aging's Baltimore Longitudinal Study - which conducted routine prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood tests on 727 prostate cancer patients and 122 men not suffering from prostrate cancer - the researchers found that the tests do not offer any meaningful advantage to men in the age group 75-80 years.

A recent study indicates that women who take Hormone Replacement Therapy during menopause to treat hot flashes, can have a brain shrinkage after 65 years of age.

This is the second study that has suggested that HRT may be linked to dementia in women.

Baltimore city's first woman Mayor, Sheila Dixon, was indicted by a grand jury on Friday on 12 counts of theft, fraud and perjury.

A new drug under experiment has shown to protect mice from emphysema i.e. respiratory damage caused by cigarettes.

The research, which was conducted on mice, was lead by Shyam Biswal, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.