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petrea_mitchellA paper in The Lancet announces that the new name for PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) is now PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome). As a person with that condition, I guess I'd better start working on training myself to use the new acronym.
I agree it's a change that's needed; even when I was diagnosed almost 20 years ago, it was known that plenty of people who met the diagnostic criteria didn't have ovarian cysts.
I agree it's a change that's needed; even when I was diagnosed almost 20 years ago, it was known that plenty of people who met the diagnostic criteria didn't have ovarian cysts.
Found on 19th News
Date: 2026-05-13 03:29 pm (UTC)Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, formerly known as polycystic ovary syndrome, impacts about 1 in 8 people assigned female at birth.
Sara Luterman
https://19thnews.org/2026/05/pcos-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-renamed-pmos/