‘Unprecedented’ global effort gives new name to polycystic ovary syndrome – and new hope to millions of women

What happened

According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘Unprecedented’ global effort gives new name to polycystic ovary syndrome – and new hope to millions of women, Decades-long campaign powered by patient perspectives results in switch from PCOS – a name that caused confusion and undue suffering – to PMOS • What is PCOS, what are the symptoms and treatment, and why is it being renamed PMOS? • ‘I still want to scream’: the loneliness and confusion of living with PMOS After more than a decade of global consultation, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) – a condition that affects one in eight women – has been renamed. The hormonal disorder, estimated to impact 170 million women worldwide, will now be known as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). Continue reading…

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