The condition PCOS is now called PMOS. What to know about the name change and what it means for care

“The thought behind that is that one, there’s no cysts in the ovary, so it’s very confusing,” said Melanie Cree, one of the authors of the Lancet article and a pediatric endocrinology expert at the University of Colorado Anschutz. “The hope was that with a more comprehensive and accurate name change, that it would start to enable and push better care.”