# @nbcchicago on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYQiB5MAGWg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65497585-nbcchicago-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-13T00:13:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) — https://gondola.cc/nbcchicago

## Caption

Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, a common but difficult-to-treat condition that impacts more than 170 million women worldwide, will now be called by a different name, with doctors saying the previous name of PCOS was "misleading" and even led to delayed care.

The change, announced Tuesday by The Lancet Medical Journal, says the condition will now be called "Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome," or PMOS.

More than 50 global patient and professional organizations took part in the years-long process developing a new name for the condition, which is characterized by a fluctuation in hormones. According to The Lancet, the condition impacts one in eight women during their reproductive years alone, and is typically diagnosed by doctors after a patient meets at least two of three criteria, including irregular periods; high androgen levels and multiple follicles on ovaries.

#pcos #womenhealth

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