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The Roots of Dementia Trace Back All The Way to Childhood, Experts Say


More than 60 million people are estimated to be living with dementia, resulting in over 1.5 million deaths a year and an annual cost to the global healthcare economy of around US $1.3 trillion (almost £1 trillion).

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