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James Fitzgerald looks at the importance of relationships to our well-being once we hit 50.

Money can't buy you love - nor, it seems, can it buy you happiness. Admittedly a generous wedge of cash coming out of the blue would give most of us a temporary lift, but study after study of lottery winners from around the world have found that money and happiness are two quite separate issues.

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