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Antidepressant may slow Alzheimer's development

Research shows a common antidepressant may cut production of one of the chief suspects behind Alzheimer's.

It's far too early for anyone worried about dementia to try the drug (citalopram), which sells as the brand Celexa and comes with side effects.

But it's a new avenue in the hunt for drugs to prevent or slow the brain disease.

The findings are in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

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