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Red wine is the perfect drink for pregnant women and people with bad hearts who want to imbibe. Red wine has already been reported to have health benefits from decreasing the growth rate of breast cancer Tumors to reducing the affects of strokes. Researchers now say that the elderly can benefit from it too as a so called "miracle molecule" found in red wine might help improve mobility and prevent life-threatening falls among older people.

Revealed just yesterday at the 244^th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society., Jane E. Cavanaugh, Ph.D., leader of the research team,
reported.

"Our study suggests that a natural compound like resveratrol-- an antioxidant found in red wine and dark-skinned fruits -- which can be obtained either through dietary supplementation or diet itself, could actually decrease some of the motor deficiencies that are seen in our aging population," subsequently increasing an aging person's quality of life and decreasing their risk of hospitalization due to slips and falls.

While it is unclear how resveratrol works in the body, Cavanagh's team found that when neural cells are exposed to a neurotransmitters called dopamine, cell death Is induced. However, neurons treated with resveratrol before being exposed to dopamine survived.

"On closer examination, the researchers found that resveratrol mitigated the damage done by oxygen free radicals, generated by the breakdown of the dopamine, and activated protein signaling pathways that appeared to promote cell survival." As stated in a report by ACS.

The researchers say this report -- based on studies of laboratory mice -- could lead to the development of natural products designed to help older Americans live safer and more productive lives.