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How do you recommend educating patients with a diagnosis of PCOS with the new name change to PMOS?

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Primary Care · University of Wisconsin
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This is a great question. For many years, I have been talking to people about how the presence or absence of ovarian cysts didn't really mean anything in their PCOS diagnosis. So, to me, the new name makes a lot more sense. I talk to people about the underlying issue in PMOS which is the underlying ...

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Primary Care · Montefiore Wakefield Ambulatory Care Center
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Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) is a much more descriptive diagnosis than Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), and serves to remind both patients and physicians of important metabolic conditions that are co-related. Patients with PMOS/PCOS are more likely to have obesity and insulin r...

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