After 11 years, surveys of 22,000 people, and collaboration across 56 organisations, PCOS has been officially renamed PMOS — polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome. The old name implied ovarian cysts that don't exist, delaying diagnosis in up to 70% of cases. The new name reflects the true hormonal and metabolic nature of the condition affecting 1 in 8 women worldwide.
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PCO-Syndrom erhält neuen Namen — ein Wendepunkt für 170 Millionen Frauen

THE GUARDIAN

Nach 11 Jahren, Umfragen unter 22.000 Personen und der Zusammenarbeit von 56 Organisationen wurde das PCO-Syndrom in The Lancet offiziell in PMOS — Polyendokrin-Metabolisches Ovarielles Syndrom — umbenannt. Der alte Name suggerierte Ovarialzysten, die nicht existieren, und verzögerte die Diagnose bei bis zu 70 % der Betroffenen. Der neue Name beschreibt die wahre hormonelle und metabolische Natur der Erkrankung, die 1 von 8 Frauen weltweit betrifft.

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