What’s in a name? When it comes to PCOS, a lot

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  For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feltman.

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  As you may recall from one of our recent News Roundup episodes, the condition long known as polycystic ovary syndrome,

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  or PCOS, is in the process of getting an official rebrand.

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  The new name, which is polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS,

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  was crafted with the intention of minimizing misconceptions about the disease and increasing the accuracy of diagnoses.

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  But while changing one letter in an acronym might seem like a small shift, this new name is the result

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  of years of international collaboration between clinicians, patients, and even marketing consultants.

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  Today's guest, Anuja Dokras, was one of the leaders of this 14-year effort.

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