According to a new research, there is a link between obesity and some kind of bacteria in human gut. As bacteria support digestion in human gut but some kind of bacteria can influence the obesity level. Person with obese bacteria might gain more weight.

Researchers found in their study that a molecule named as Gpr41, activated by two types of bacteria helps in slow down the movement of food through the gut. In this process human body absorb more nutrients or calories from food and gain weight.

The study was based on mice and it showed that those bred without Gpr41 were slimmer than others although they fed the same quantity of food. The study also points the way to a possible method of controlling weight, said the researchers.

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The bane of Hollywood celebrities, fashion maven – Mr. Blackwell renowned for his annual ‘worst-dressed’ list, died on Monday aged eighty-six. Unwell since August, Richard Blackwell, born Richard Selzer was reportedly in a coma due to a fall in his Los Angeles home.  According to his publicist - Harlan Boll, the former actor and fashion designer died in hospital on Sunday afternoon in hospital from complications from an intestinal infection.

The Obama campaign said on Monday that the Democratic presidential candidate will take off two days from his campaign to go to Hawaii this week, to visit the ailing grandmother who helped raise him.

Obama is canceling events, scheduled for Thursday, in Madison, Wisconsin, and Des Moines, Iowa. Instead, he instead will go to an event in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Thursday, from where he will fly to Hawaii to see his grandmother. He will return to the campaign trail on Saturday.

Rudy Ray Moore, a raunchy 1970s comedian died Sunday evening at an Akron nursing home from complications of diabetes. He was eighty-one.

Moore, who featured as a fast talking pimp in a 1975 film called Dolemite, in later years also collaborated with 2 Live Crew, Big Daddy Kane and Snoop Dogg.  Featuring blunt sex routines onstage, his subject matter along with his style and swagger made him a cult figure in the world of hip-hop.  Yet, unlike his contemporaries - Eddie Murphy, Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor, he never quite managed to cross over to mainstream white audiences.

According to a leading psychiatrist, 20th century is look like the ‘age of paranoia’. These days general public feels threatened. Paranoia is more common among them because of media and the threat of terrorism.  

Dr Daniel Freeman, from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, believes, one in four people regularly suffer irrational fears of being threatened or in danger. “These days, we daren't let our children play outside; we're suspicious of strangers; security cameras are everywhere. We seem to have entered an age of paranoia. And the indications are that things may only get worse,” he claims.