New Delhi: Yoga may offer benefits beyond weight loss for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), recently renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS).Two studies led by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have found that a 12-week yoga programme improved hormone levels, insulin resistance, cholesterol profile and menstrual health, while also producing favourable metabolic…
New Delhi: Mukesh, a 40-year-old truck driver, and wife Reema, a 38-year-old homemaker, were a childless couple in Gwalior. Married for at least eight years, they wanted a baby.They had done the rounds of IVF centres and hospitals. Nothing had worked out. Their treatments sometimes brought them to Delhi-NCR. During one such visit in July…
Bengaluru: A 22-year-old city woman experienced excessive facial hair, acne, weight gain, and irregular menstrual cycles. When she sought treatment from a dermatologist, she was advised to undergo an ultrasound scan, which showed normal ovaries. She was told she did not have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and was prescribed only local treatment. However, her irregular…
After decades of being treated as an ovarian condition rather than hormonal, with no proper means of treatment or diagnosis, A proper means of treatment or diagnosis, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) finally gets a new name, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). This comes after two years of research by a group of endocrinologists, led by…
