{"id":641194,"date":"2026-06-16T07:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/641194\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T07:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:06:10","slug":"bake-off-star-says-ovary-syndrome-led-to-her-tv-presenting-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/641194\/","title":{"rendered":"Bake Off star says ovary syndrome led to her TV presenting fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">PCOS was renamed to PMOS on 12 May following concerns that the original term resulted in an undue focus on &#8220;cysts&#8221; and ovaries \u2013 when the syndrome in fact has a wide range of symptoms. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The fluid-filled sacs that can be present in the ovaries with PMOS are not in fact cysts, according to the NHS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The International PCOS Network previously said it hoped the name change would improve understanding and help with treatment and diagnoses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Williams said: &#8220;Hopefully lots of people out there who will be suffering with PMOS will get a diagnosis sooner and get more understanding from the healthcare professionals they see, from their family, from their support system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, the baking star turned presenter said the delay in her diagnosis may have brought about her TV successes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I got quite emotional when I found out [about the name change] because I thought if it had this name back in 2013, would I have got a diagnosis quicker?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If [the delay] hadn&#8217;t have happened, then so many other wonderful things wouldn&#8217;t have happened,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PCOS was renamed to PMOS on 12 May following concerns that the original term resulted in an undue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-641194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}