Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, the new name for polycystic ovary syndrome

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Thread 'Genomic Insights into PCOS: Causal Mechanisms & Classifications'

Apr 4, 2025

Keynote lecture on: Deconstructing a Syndrome – Genomic Insights into PCOS Causal Mechanisms and Classification Speaker: Andrea Dunaif, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

madman · 2026-07-06T19:09:24-0500

* In collaboration with the PCOS patient group called PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association, the CDC held a meeting in August 2024 to discuss its efforts “to develop a plan for creating standardized reference intervals for testosterone in women and adolescent girls using existing data,” to support more accurate diagnosis and effective management of PCOS. Dr. Dunaif was a featured speaker at this CDC meeting. “We hope that the CDC initiative will finally lead to accurate testosterone measurements by clinical laboratories almost 20 years after the Endocrine Society position statement. It is exceptionally disappointing that major clinical laboratories have ignored the Endocrine Society and CDC recommendations. Health care provider education on the correct testosterone assay methodology will be critical for ensuring that clinical laboratories clearly indicate the correct assay methodology in their test ordering options,” says Dr. Dunaif.

Thread 'Initiative Calls for Updated Standards in Testing for Suspected Low Testosterone'

Apr 4, 2025

* Dr. Dunaif was a featured speaker at this CDC meeting. “We hope that the CDC initiative will finally lead to accurate testosterone measurements by clinical laboratories almost 20 years after the Endocrine Society position statement. It is exceptionally disappointing that major clinical laboratories have ignored the Endocrine Society and CDC recommendations. Health care provider education on the correct testosterone assay methodology will be critical for ensuring that clinical laboratories clearly indicate the correct assay methodology in their test ordering options,”...