{"id":446129,"date":"2026-05-17T11:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/446129\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:29:11","slug":"more-comprehensive-and-accurate-from-pcos-to-pmos-why-the-rebrand-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/446129\/","title":{"rendered":"“More comprehensive and accurate” From PCOS to PMOS, why the rebrand matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

A global consortium of physicians and researchers has officially renamed polycystic ovary syndrome to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, with the change published in The Lancet on Tuesday after 14 years of collaboration and intended to improve patient care<\/a>, The Independent reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thought behind that is that one, there are no cysts in the ovary, so it\u2019s very confusing,\u201d said Dr Melanie Cree, a pediatric endocrinology expert at the University of Colorado Anschutz and one of the authors of the Lancet article. \u201cThe hope was that with a more comprehensive and accurate name change, it would start to enable and push better care,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Backers of the change said the new terminology highlights that the condition extends beyond ovarian findings and reflects a broader metabolic and hormonal disorder with body-wide effects, a point the initiative\u2019s authors emphasized in their report: \u201cThe term polycystic ovary syndrome has long been recognized as inaccurate and potentially harmful. The current name reflects only one organ and fails to capture the disorder\u2019s multisystem nature,\u201d British Vogue reported. The disorder affects more than 170 million women globally, and the World Health Organization estimates that prevalence is between 10% and 13%<\/a>\u2014up to 13%\u2014among women of reproductive age, with nearly 70%\u2014more than two-thirds\u2014of cases going undiagnosed, The Guardian reported.<\/p>\n

Clinicians describe the condition as commonly involving irregular menstrual cycles and signs of excess androgens\u2014such as acne or hirsutism\u2014while stressing that it is intertwined with metabolic and dermatologic systems as well as reproduction, British Vogue reported. Recent research led by Dr Jia Zhu at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital indicates the condition is part of a broader metabolic and reproductive disorder that can start early in life and involve males as well as females. \u201cOur findings indicate a higher genetic risk for PMOS can manifest in children even before they reach reproductive age,\u201d Zhu said.<\/p>\n

Experts say diagnosis remains complex and can be prolonged, with commonly used Rotterdam criteria requiring two of three findings: irregular or absent ovulation, evidence of excess androgens, and polycystic-appearing ovaries on ultrasound, British Vogue reported. Physicians caution that PMOS is a diagnosis of exclusion requiring other thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal disorders to be ruled out, and they warn against relying solely on ultrasound, which can lead to overdiagnosis and misdirected treatment, British Vogue reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A global consortium of physicians and researchers has officially renamed polycystic ovary syndrome to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[52447,3673,163,85,46,32342,4164],"class_list":["post-446129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-diagnosis","tag-global-news","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-menstruation","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}