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• Hot pepper compound could help hearts
• New evidence on effects of green coffee beans in weight loss
• Stand up: Your life could depend on it
• Use it or lose it: Mind games help healthy older people too
• Regular chocolate eaters are thinner, evidence suggests
• Study shows people know more than they think they do

Hot pepper compound could help hearts Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:56 PM PDT The food that inspires wariness is on course for inspiring even more wonder from a medical standpoint as scientists have reported the latest evidence that chili peppers are a heart-healthy food with potential to protect against the No. 1 cause of death in the developed world.

New evidence on effects of green coffee beans in weight loss Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:42 AM PDT Scientists have reported striking new evidence that green, or unroasted, coffee beans can produce a substantial decrease in body weight in a relatively short period of time.

Stand up: Your life could depend on it Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:46 AM PDT Standing up more often may reduce your chances of dying within three years, even if you are already physically active, a study of more than 200,000 people shows.

Use it or lose it: Mind games help healthy older people too Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:43 AM PDT Cognitive training including puzzles, handicrafts and life skills are known to reduce the risk, and help slow down the progress, of dementia amongst the elderly. A new study has shown that cognitive training was able to improve reasoning, memory, language and hand eye co-ordination of healthy, older adults.

Regular chocolate eaters are thinner, evidence suggests Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:12 AM PDT Katherine Hepburn famously said of her slim physique: "What you see before you is the result of a lifetime of chocolate." New evidence suggests she may have been right. Nutritional experts present new findings that may overturn the major objection to regular chocolate consumption: that it makes people fat.

Study shows people know more than they think they do Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:10 AM PDT A new study concludes that "for groups to be successful, they must effectively exploit the knowledge of their (individual) members."

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