Health Bulletin

Exercise may guard against irregular heartbeat in older women
Regular exercise may help older women avoid a condition that causes a life-threatening irregular heartbeat, a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association shows.
Physically active postmenopausal women had a 10 percent lower risk of developing atrial fibrillation, compared to women who were more sedentary.

For kids, risks of parental smoking persist long-term
Smoking while pregnant or around an infant has long been linked to development of asthma and allergies in young children. Now, researchers have found that the risk may persist into the teen years.
Researchers said in the study published in the journal Pediatrics that exposure to second-hand smoke during pregnancy or infancy increases a child's risk of developing allergic disease even up to adolescence. Fetal exposure to cigarette smoking was linked with an overall 45 percent higher risk of getting asthma up until age 16.