An international consortium of doctors and researchers announced in @thelancet.com that they have officially renamed Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) to Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS). You can follow updates from healthcare experts and the public at the new PMOS feed.
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You can read the official publication announcing the name change below.
thelancet.comPolyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, the new name for polycystic ovary syndrome: a multistep global consensus processPolyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), previously named polycystic ovary
syndrome (PCOS), affects one in eight women. However, the term PCOS is inaccurate,
implying pathological ovarian cyst...
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