PCOS Gets a Fresh Name: PMOS Aims to Improve Diagnosis and Care
TL;DR
Global experts have renamed polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) to better reflect its multisystem effects. The change, backed by 56 organizations after more than a decade of consultation and published in The Lancet, aims to reduce diagnostic delays and misperceptions by emphasizing endocrine and metabolic factors over ovarian cysts, potentially guiding future research toward metabolic roots like insulin resistance and chronic inflammation and reshaping how the condition is diagnosed and treated.
- PCOS Is Now PMOS: Doctors Say Name Change Will Improve Diagnosis, Care Healthline
- P.C.O.S. Has Been Renamed P.M.O.S. Doctors Hope It Will Improve Care for Millions. The New York Times
- The condition PCOS is now called PMOS. What to know about the name change and what it means for care AP News
- Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome: New name to improve diagnosis and care of condition affecting 170 million women worldwide Endocrine Society
- 'The name was inaccurate': PCOS gets a new name after years-long effort Live Science
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