PCOS will now be known as PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome), and for Alice Klein, who has the condition, it's been a long time coming

A revised name for PCOS — polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS — was introduced in a paper published Tuesday.

PCOS will now be known as PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome), and for Alice Klein, who has the condition, it's been a long time coming

PCOS is often misunderstood due to its name’s overemphasis on ovarian cysts, they say

The condition is now called polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome