After months of speculation, Apple has announced a media event for Sept. 12 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Researchers have found that prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking appears to be associated with an increased risk for adolescent obesity, and is possibly related to subtle structural variations in the brain that create a preference for eating fatty foods.
In an unprecedented move, the entire Democratic National Convention will be live streamed in English and Spanish. Viewers can watch the convention from gavel-to-gavel on DemConvention.com/live and through the Democratic National Convention Committee Mobile App.
In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that children who use inhaled steroid drugs for asthma end up slightly shorter at their full adult height than children who don't use the drugs.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Linzess (linaclotide) to treat chronic idiopathic constipation and to treat irritable bowel syndrome with constipation in adults.
A special three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court in Washington rejected a controversial Texan law that would require voters to show photographic identification before casting ballots. The law would require voters to present one of six forms of photo ID before casting their ballots.
