In an article published online August 19 in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, researchers suggest that controlling cardiovascular risk factors in midlife may prevent dementia later on.

Corticosteroids may help relieve sore throat pain when added to antibiotics in patients with severe or exudative sore throat, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis reported in the August 7 Online First issue of the BMJ.

"A lower salt intake, in the long-term, could play an important role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, renal disease and osteoporosis," lead author Feng J. He, PhD, from St. George's, University of London, United Kingdom, said in a news release. "Our study provides further support for the current public health recommendations to reduce salt intake to less than 6 grams per day."

A study from Finland has shown that men who exercised for at least 30 minutes a day at moderate to high intensity halved their risk of dying prematurely from cancer, mainly gastrointestinal and lung cancer.

This study appeared in the July 22nd edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Certain  CSF fluid markers can now justify arly-stage Alzheimer's disease. These are

• beta-amyloid 42 (Aß42)
•  T-tau, 
•  P-tau