WASHINGTON (AP) — 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, also called Celexa. But it’s a new avenue in the hunt for drugs to prevent or slow the brain disease.

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