Experts Recommend Renaming PCOS to Better Reflect Whole-Body Impacts

Melanie Cree, MD, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics-endocrinology and director of the multi-disciplinary PCOS clinic at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz, is an author on The Lancet paper for the name change and a collaborator of Vanden Brink's, who said recognizing the risks of PMOS beyond the ovaries and fertility are especially important when communicating preventative measures with teens and their parents.