Fibromyalgia: Why is this common, debilitating condition being ignored in male patients?

By Daniel Sanjuán Sánchez, Fisioterapeuta y personal docente investigador en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud en Universidad San Jorge, profesor asociado en la Facultad de Enfermería y Fisioterapia en la Universitat de Lleida. Miembro del grupo de investigación iPhysio, Universidad San Jorge
Benjamín Gaya-Sancho, Research associate professor, Universidad San Jorge
Borja Romero Bilbao, PDI en Ciencias de la salud (Enfermería, Biomedicina), Universidad San Jorge

Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder characterised by muscle pain throughout the body, fatigue, sleep problems and cognitive difficulties. The condition predominantly affects women, but men can also suffer from it. However, they often do so in silence, as they face cultural, medical and psychological barriers to being taken seriously and receiving treatment.

While the disorder itself is well-documented, the male experience remains under-discussed, which only furthers its invisibility.

Fibromyalgia affects 2-4 % of the world’s…

Read complete article

~	Singapore: Imminent unlawful execution for drug trafficking must be halted

~	It’s 100 years since we learned the Milky Way is not the only galaxy

~	Air pollution linked to eczema – new research

~	Why people would rather clean the toilet than check their bank balance – and the spending problems this leads to

~	Dedicated Roman gladiator superfans were the football hooligans of their day

~	Australia’s $230 billion Future Fund encouraged to invest in housing, energy transition, infrastructure

~	Entropy and information control: the key to understanding how to mount the fightback against Trump and other populists

~	How Trump’s war on the media is expected to ramp up in his second term

~	We studied drug-resistant bacteria on hospital surfaces in six countries. This is what we found

~	Legal complications await if OpenAI tries to shake off control by the nonprofit that owns the rapidly growing tech company