Nurture Pediatrics September 2016 Newsletter What’s Going Around? Zika Virus Facts History of the Virus Zika Virus was first isolated during attempts to study yellow fever in Uganda. It was isolated from a sick monkey in the Zika Forest of Uganda in 1947. Zika outbreaks in humans have occurred in Africa and Asia (2013), …
Nail-biting, Thumb-sucking and The Hygiene Hypothesis Are those annoying habits actually good for our kids? New information published in The Journal of Pediatrics this summer: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/07/07/peds.2016-0443 Study Purpose: “We tested the hypothesis that children who suck their thumbs or bite their nails have a lower risk of developing atopy, asthma, and hay fever in a …
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