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ICMR PCOS Task Force raises objection to renaming of PCOS as PMOS
Published: 20/05/26 09:16
Srinagar | India
Srinagar, May 20 (UNI) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) PCOS Task Force has strongly objected to the proposed renaming of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) to "Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS)," calling it premature, regionally skewed, and lacking global clinical consensus. In a joint statement, Prof. (Dr.) Mohd Ashraf Ganie, National Chief Coordinator of the ICMR PCOS Task Force and Director of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), along with Principal Investigators Prof. Neena Malhotra of AIIMS New Delhi and Prof. Rakesh K. Sahay of Osmania Medical College, said the proposed nomenclature does not adequately reflect the global disease…