Approximately 30-50% of patients with brain tumors present with seizures as the initial symptom. Seizures play a very important role in the quality of life, particularly in patients with slow-growing primary brain tumors. Tumor-related seizures are often refractory to antiepileptic treatment. Despite the importance of this subject to the fields of neurology, neurosurgery and neurooncology, the ...

Osteoporosis is a very common disorder and much has been learnt in recent years about the many pathogenic processes that contribute to bone loss and fragility. Drug treatments are now available to prevent bone loss and reduce fracture, and there are prospects for modifying some of the pathogenic processes themselves. In common with other structures, the tissues of the musculoskeletal system und...

In Western societies, sleep apnea (SA) has emerged as a major medical problem with important social (1) and financial implications. The issue may be even more relevant in nephrology because some of the factors involved in the pathogenesis of renal disease are the same that cause, or are associated with, SA in the general population. The interest in this syndrome is continuously increasing in th...