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LOVE IS THE DRUG TO KEEP YOU YOUNG

By Bel Mooney

Relationships take on a particular significance as we get older.

Indeed, a survey by the charity Relate found 83 per cent of over-50s believe that relationships are the most important factor in a happy later life.

They're right. More than one study has shown that marriage is good for health. In 2016, for example, a team of academics from British universities estimated that married people were 14 per cent less likely to die after a heart attack than singletons.

For more and more people, the issue is not maintaining a strong personal relationship, but finding love for the second time. There are, according to the Office for National Statistics, 1.3 million people over 60 who are divorced