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  • Thumb suckers less prone to allergies: New Zealand study

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    Infants who suck their thumbs or bite their nails appear less prone to allergies as adults, New Zealand researchers have found. Researchers then followed up by giving them allergy skin prick tests when they were aged 13 and 32. The allergy level fell to 31 percent for children who did both.

  • FDA approves Shire’s keenly-watched eye drug

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    (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Shire Plc's lifitegrast eye drops for treating signs and symptoms of dry eye disease, allowing the company to bring to market its most important pipeline medicine. Lifitegrast, which will be marketed as Xiidra in the United States, is expected to launch in the third…