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Life looks a little rosier after 50, a new study finds. Older people in their mid- to late-50s are generally happier, and experience less stress and worry than young adults in their 20s, the researchers say. The results, based on a Gallup phone survey from 2008 of more than 340,000 Americans, held even after the researchers accounted for factors that could have contributed to differences in well-being with age, such as whether the participants were married, had children at home or were employed. So if having a partner and getting rid of the kids aren't responsible for the uptick in happiness and general life satisfaction with age, then what is? More studies will be needed to find out, the researchers say. "That can be based on social things, on societal things, on biological things; and for us that is the big question," study researcher Arthur Stone, a psychologist at Stony Brook University in N.Y. Two ways to look at life The findings agree with

Low-dose resveratrol may slow aging Resveratrol, a polyphenol found in red wine, may mimic the effects of calorie restriction and inhibit various aspects of the aging process, according to a new study. The study adds to a growing body of research linking resveratrol and red wine consumption to a range of beneficial health effects, including brain and mental health and cardiovascular health. Red wine and resveratrol have been lauded as the answer to the “French paradox,” the question that asks why people who live in some regions of France where diets are soaked with saturated fats and washed down with a glass of wine, have a low incidence of heart disease. Previous in vitro and in vivo studies with resveratrol suggest that the compound may help prevent the negative effects of high-calorie diets and have anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer potential. Critics of resveratrol’s benefits state that in order to gain support from dietary sources, one would have to drink 350