PCOS renamed PMOS Milestone in Women Health

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) has been renamed Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) in a landmark shift based on global consensus this week.

The PCOS-to-PMOS shift follows a 14-year global collaborative effort led by Monash University and the AE-PCOS Society, involving 50 organizations and 22,000 survey respondents, hundreds of health workers and non government institutions helped in the process to be completed.

Women in the world allover will now be moving towards better health shift, this distinction matters because change in language and understanding can shape medical treatment, research priorities, self-understanding, public understanding and mental awareness.

Countries involved in the process says, “Its not only about Women its the families that suffer as well”.