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Middle-aged people and poorer countries have most to gain from targeting these risk factors, says the Lancet Commission .
Number of people living with dementia could more than double to 153 million by 2050 .
Dementia occurs when a disease damages nerve cells in the brain and leads to confusion and memory loss.
Most of the reason why we get dementia is down to things we cannot control, such as genes we inherit from our parents and grandparents.
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