I’m a doctor who helped rename PCOS to PMOS – a 10‑year process of listening to 14,000 patients and health professionals speak on how to improve care

A disease’s name can have a significant influence on its diagnosis and treatment – or lack thereof. Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, is a condition that affects millions of people worldwide. For decades, doctors thought the condition mostly affected the ovaries, but its misleading…