AURORA, Colorado, May 12 -- The University of Colorado School of Public Health posted the following news release:

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Global Experts Establish New Name for PCOS to Reflect Multisystem Disease

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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a condition affecting more than 170 million people worldwide, has been officially renamed p olyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) following a landmark global consensus study published today in The Lancet.