PMOS (now) is one of those conditions where after you're close with someone who's open about having it, once you learn about it and get a sense of it's contours, you can't help but wonder how many people in your life have been affected by it. Like learning about adhd for the first time.
this post was submitted on 14 May 2026
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Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome
New name
For some reason not included in the title
The term polycystic ovary implies the presence of pathological ovarian cysts, which are not a feature of the condition. This misnomer contributes to misunderstandings among patients, clinicians, policy makers, and the public.
Damn, yeah, it was a shitty name, then.
Good article, your link might be borked
Try https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00717-8/fulltext
Your link and mine are identical(?). I wonder if the markdown in mine is confusing some clients thanks to the parens in the URL.
That might be it, when I copy yours it cuts off at (26
Good, important change for an impactful disease. Name was based on nearly hundred year old information that is now very outdated.
Fascinating. Didn't know any of this.
Why does to matter that it was named after two men? Why is that a bad thing? Are we seriously at the point that any maleness needs to be removed from association to woman related things, regardless of the relevance?
Yeah, it's called after the surgeons who first described it.
Surgeons can be men, especially when we're talking 1935 Chicago.
usually the disease is named after the first person or researchers who discovered it. yea its wierd to name a disease that cant be"men"