"Historic Shift in Medical Terminology: Renaming PCOS to PMOS Sparks Hope for Improved Understanding and Support In a groundbreaking move, the medical community has officially adopted a new name for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a condition affecting an estimated 170 million women worldwide. After years of global consultation and advocacy from patients, the term PCOS will be replaced by polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). The name change aims to reduce confusion and stigma surrounding the condition, which affects one in eight women. As the medical community works to better understand and treat PMOS, patients and advocates share their personal stories of living with the condition, highlighting the importance of increased awareness and support."
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 PMOSAfter 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...
