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Acting Ferguson police chief Lt. Col. Al Eickhoff said bullet injuries have been caused to two St. Louis County Police officers after they were shot outside the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday. The two police officers were immediately taken to hospital in ambulances, said Bob Hoehn, a KSDK-TV photographer.

One was admitted into Barnes-Jewish Hospital, a Level 1 trauma center and the teaching hospital for Washington University School of Medicine. Treatment was provided to the other officer on the crime scene itself.

While giving update about the health condition of the two officers during a press conference around 2 am, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said one officer was shot in the shoulder, and the other in the face.

It has been informed that improvement has been seen in the stocks of supplements retailers The Vitamin Shoppe and GNC Holdings. The Vitamin Shoppe is a New Jersey-based retailer of nutritional supplements and GNC Holdings is a commercial enterprise that is concentrated on the retail sale of health and nutrition-related products, involving vitamins and supplements.

An announcement has been made by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman that his office is heading an alliance of state attorneys general to increase his assessment of the industry so that transparency can be improved and also to make sure that the products really contain what their labels claim to contain, and nothing more.

It has been reported that an injection developed by Kythera Biopharmaceutical Inc to get rid of double chin was backed by an independent panel of experts on Monday.

Stock of the biopharmaceutical company has tripled since it went public in 2012. Investors bet that the company's drugs can be the first ever drug approved in the United States to reduce localized fat deposits.

FDA's acceptance of recommendations given by the panel has brought the drug, ATX-101, closer to approval by the agency.

The drug, ATX-101, is a formulation of synthetically derived deoxycholic acid, which helps to destroy the fat that gets collected under the chin. The positive feature about the drug is that it destroys the fats without affecting the surrounding tissues.

According to a new study, people with heart disease could be at risk and the risk could be increased when the patients are stressed and depressed. The study was conducted by Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.

According to the study, if a patient of cardiovascular disease is both highly stressed and depressed, then the chances of death within next 2 years increase by 50%. Carmela Alcantara, associate research scientist at Columbia University Medical Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health and lead author of the study, said that there are only few studies that mentioned that stress and depression can have effect on heart disease patients.

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) reviewed 225 research papers on homeopathy and reached at a conclusion that homeopathy is not good enough as a treatment for any medical condition.

The top Australian body for medical research has in fact warned: "People who choose homeopathy may put their health at risk if they reject or delay treatments for which there is good evidence for safety and effectiveness".

The NHMRC said that on the basis of the assessment of the reports on the effectiveness of homeopathy, it can say one thing that homeopathy does not offer reliable treatment evidence for health conditions.

Smiley was born with dwarfism and without eyes, but the puppy has led a happy, healthy life despite that. The 12-year-old-pup was saved by Joanne George of Stouffville, Canada. George's altruistic behavior helped the pup become a certified therapy dog through the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog program. The pup is an inspiration for patients in hospitals and nursing homes. Not only this, he also helps kids focus on their reading.

George jumped on to the idea of sharing Smiley after realizing so many people are drawn to him and so inspired by him.

What Smiley does when he is not inspiring people in his surroundings, well, he undergoes therapy dog training, which is also available on Facebook for fans to follow.