Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) was renamed to Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome, or PMOS, after more than a decade ...

Aimee Knight underwent genetic testing and preventive surgeries after losing her mother and grandmother to ovarian cancer.

"There is actually no increase in abnormal cysts on the ovary, and the diverse features of the condition were often ...

Researchers and supporters of the change said the old name, often shortened to PCOS, is inaccurate. It reduced a complex ...

Experts say PCOS' new name, PMOS, is breaking a decades-long stigma about ovarian cysts and how they're treated, based on ...

"While international guidelines have advanced awareness and care, a name change was the next critical step towards ...

This change was driven with and for those affected by the condition and we are proud to have arrived at a new name.” ...

PMOS is not primarily a disease of the ovaries. Its new name reflects the condition’s more complex and cyclical endocrine and ...

You probably know someone who has a condition that, until last week, was known as PCOS, or polycystic ovary syndrome. It ...

Polycystic ovary syndrome is getting a new name. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Dr. Melanie Cree, of Children's Hospital Colorado, about how the new name might help patients get better treatment.