COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – A common women’s health condition affecting about one in eight women has a new name.
Polycystic ovary syndrome, commonly known as PCOS, is now called polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS. Researchers and medical professionals say the change better reflects the condition’s effects throughout the body and not just the reproductive system.
“The number one reason we changed the name is the patients wanted us to,” said Dr. Melanie Cree, a professor of pediatric endocrinology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus who helped lead the international effort to rename the condition…