For ninety years, the name we gave one of the most common conditions in women’s health pointed everyone in the wrong direction.
In this episode of Smart Medicine, Dr. Scott Sigman sits down with Dr. Melanie Cree, a pediatric endocrinologist, who helped lead the international effort to rename polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). Dr. Cree explains the condition at its core, why the old framing left most patients undiagnosed, and shares early data on GLP-1s that points to a new path forward. She also has a direct message for frontline clinicians that not only impacts the women affected by this condition but the healthcare system at large.
If you want to understand where women’s health is headed, start here.