A condition affecting 1 in 8 women just got renamed after decades of confusion and misdiagnosis

The hormonal disorder long known as PCOS has officially been renamed PMOS after years of criticism that the old term was misleading and harmful.

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It’s not often that a serious medical condition gets renamed, but that’s the case now for a condition that impacts one in eight women.

Polycystic ovary syndrome, a hormonal disorder long known as PCOS, will now be called PMOS—short for polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome. The new name,........

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