PCOS Has a New Name: What PMOS Means for Women’s Health
Written by: Dr. Amy Fletcher Edited by: Thrive Carolinas For years, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, commonly known as PCOS, has been one of the most common yet misunderstood hormone conditions affecting women. Now, the condition has a new name: Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome, or PMOS. While the name may sound more complicated at first, the change is meant to make the condition easier to understand and more accurately describe what is really happening in the body. PCOS was never just about ovarian cysts. In fact, many women with the condition do not have true ovarian cysts at all. The older name often led people to think of PCOS as only a reproductive or gynecologic condition. But we now understand that this condition affects multiple systems in the body, including hormones,...
