POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME

Symptoms of androgen excess in women are too often being overlooked - or dismissed as 'just cosmetic'

On average, women with PCOS wait over two years and consult several different healthcare professionals before receiving a diagnosis. Nearly half say their symptoms were initially ignored.

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Veera Health raises $3 million from Sequoia Surge and others

Founded by sisters Shobhita and Shashwata Narain in August 2020, Veera Health is a digital therapeutics platform that helps women identify and navigate Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).
Vaccine does not impact menstrual cycle: Doctors

PCOS/PCOD is a health condition that affects a woman’s hormone levels. Since Covid vaccine is injected intramuscularly, that is in your upper arm muscle and not in your veins, it is nowhere to disturb a woman’s menstrual cycle.
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome is as high as 33% in women with PCOS

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder which is common among women of reproductive age and affects 10–18% of women.
Zydus Cadila initiates phase 2 clinical trial for drug to treat NAFLD in women with PCOS

Research suggests that in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), there is increased risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Zydus Cadila said in a regulatory filing.
Right diet, weight management key to deal with PCOS: Experts

Swapna Chaturvedi, a dietician from AIIMS, said diet plays an important role in controlling PCOS and maintaining ideal body weight is important. .
‘PCOS can cause endometrial cancer in women in their 40s’

The disease can cause diabetes or endometrial cancer (cancer of uterus wall). Though both the conditions treatable, doctors say that preventing these consequences is a much better an option provided women with PCOS continue to visit the doctors every six months at least.
Learning more about the link between PCOS and mental health

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have high levels of androgens in their blood, which has been assumed able to affect fetal development during pregnancy.