05/14/2026
We have a important victory in the field of Women's Health that we want to celebrate! PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) has a new, more appropriate name of PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome). This change has been 14 years in the making, and will hopefully mean earlier diagnosis for women effected by the condition and better, more effective treatment of the diverse metabolic and endocrine issues it causes.
Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), previously named polycystic o***y syndrome (PCOS), affects one in eight women. However, the term PCOS is inaccurate, implying pathological ovarian cysts, obscuring diverse endocrine and metabolic features, and contributing to delayed diagnosis, fragme...