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A coffee farmer airs coffee cherries in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Resistant starch is a type of fiber that is naturally present in many types of plant foods  but it can be increased in other foods that mainly contain regular starch, like rice, pasta and potatoes, after they are cooked and then cooled. (Amanda Hakan/The New York Times)

Cold pasta and rice could help you lose weight. Here’s why.

The idea that you could change the health properties of a food by merely cooking and cooling it may sound too good to be true. But according to experts, there’s something to it.

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Neurological changes and menopausal symptoms are linked to dementia for some.

How menopause can change your brain

Women going through the life phase, which is clinically defined as the end of fertility, face as many changes in the brain as in the ovaries.

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Gigantopithecus blacki, which once lived in China, represents the largest great ape ever known. (AP PHOTO)

Ancient ape species made extinct by climate change

A new study suggests an ancient species of great ape - Gigantopithecus blacki - was likely driven to extinction by environmental changes.

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Romantic love isn’t just an emotion but a broad collection of feelings and behaviours, according to a new study.

Turns out love is much more than a second hand emotion

‘It’s not an emotion, it’s a bunch of emotions but it’s also a bunch of thoughts and a bunch of behaviours as well.’

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Neanderthals were morning people, a new study suggests.

If you’re a morning person you may have Neanderthal genes

It turns out that Neanderthals carried some of the same clock-related genetic variants as do people who report being early risers.

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3d rendered medically accurate illustration of amyloid plaques on a nerve cell - alzheimer disease

Could newborn neurons reverse Alzheimer’s?

A clutch of new results suggest the human brain may be able to generate new neurons in adulthood, offering a new possible treatment for Alzheimer’s.

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Researchers are hailing a new male contraceptive pill as a game changer after a promising US Government-funded study.

The new male contraceptive pill with 100% success rate

New male pill can be taken 30 minutes before sex and claims to have a 100 per cent success rate.

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