Now that they emphasize metabolism in describing the problem.. will they tell people about the low cost way to fix their metabolism and hormonal disregulation? This article certainly didn't
Meanwhile, people are still calling myalgic encephalomyelitis "chronic fatigue syndrome".
polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS)
Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, and imho isn't comprehensible by layman like "cyst", but...
Teede says the new name “moves away from the incorrect focus on cysts … to recognising this is a much broader condition”. The effects of PMOS on the body “are virtually all endocrine – hormonal,” she says.
...is good if it focuses medicine to look at it the right way for treatment.
after 14 years of collaboration between international societies and patient groups across six continents.
Just to change the name? It sounds like the meeting of the Ents in Lord of the Rings.
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