Androgen Excess and PCOS Society

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We are dedicated to improving women’s health by promoting basic and clinical scientific research in all aspects related to #PCOS and androgen excess disorders.

Dr Madhuri Patil, president-elect of the Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction and one of the clinicians involved, said the inclusion of “metabolic” in the new name is especially relevant given India’s high rates of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance. #PMOS #pcosnamechange #pcos

PCOS has a new name: Here’s why experts say it matters for millions of women

A global medical consensus has renamed the condition PMOS, saying the old term misunderstood a complex hormonal disorder affecting one in eight women

indianexpress.com

“With the advances in understanding this condition, the new name is more comprehensive.” says Anuja Dokras, MD, PhD, a professor of women’s health and director of the Penn PCOS Center at the Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Read the full article: www.everydayhealth.com/pcos/myths-d...

Long Misunderstood, PCOS Gets Renamed as PMOS (Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome)

Persistent misconceptions have made this hormonal disorder difficult to diagnose. Here we dispel 10 common myths about the condition.

everydayhealth.com

⚡ RAPID-FIRE TALKS (Session 2) 🎤 Christophe Richer dit Laflèche Université de Sherbrooke 🇨🇦 🎤 Martina Curcio University of Udine 🇮🇹 🎤 Tamara Baltic 🇬🇷 🎤 Saad Amer Nuffield Health Derby Hospital 🇬🇧 🎤 Jacob Short Karolinska Institutet 🇸🇪

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📄 SESSION 2, co-chaired by:
Damian Romero Lulia-Alexandra Pirga 🎤 Irem Sonmezoglu Kutuk Hacettepe University School of Medicine 🇹🇷 "Reduced circulating and skeletal muscle MOTS-c expression in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: Evidence for disrupted mitochondrial-derived peptide regulation”

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SESSION 1 Co-chaired by Prof. Dr. Mojca Jensterle Sever & Anja Dekanski 🎤 Nathalie di Clemente Inserm, Sorbonne Université 🇫🇷 "A blocking antibody against anti-Müllerian hormone restores ovulation and normal androgen levels in a spontaneous rat model of polycystic ovary syndrome"

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