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#ovaries — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. "The main reason is that it is a misnomer. Not only can people have the condition without having polycystic ovaries, but the condition does not involve cysts.
    ...
    In particular PMOS reflects the long-term, complex nature of the health condition, emphasising that it is a hormonal or “endocrine” disorder that can affect the body’s reproductive and metabolic systems and is associated with multiple health conditions."

    #Health #WomensHealth #PCOS #PMOS #Ovaries #Biology

    theguardian.com/society/2026/m

  2. "The main reason is that it is a misnomer. Not only can people have the condition without having polycystic ovaries, but the condition does not involve cysts.
    ...
    In particular PMOS reflects the long-term, complex nature of the health condition, emphasising that it is a hormonal or “endocrine” disorder that can affect the body’s reproductive and metabolic systems and is associated with multiple health conditions."

    #Health #WomensHealth #PCOS #PMOS #Ovaries #Biology

    theguardian.com/society/2026/m

  3. CW: #perimenopause #bodies #poll

    Informal poll, since research on this is rubbish and perimenopause only recently got recognised as a thing, even.

    If you're confident you had or are having symptoms, when did they begin?

    #cisWomen #uteri #ovaries #periodChat #menopause #fertility #menopausal #medtwitter

  4. Something worth adding is a photo of a happy family with a teen and a dog (or cat but good luck finding a cat that enjoys a studio portrait).

    Did you know #women felt guilt using a #cakeMix in the 1950s. It made baking a cake too easy.

    So marketing instructed women to add an egg, a #psychoanalyst worked out that the #egg would represent her #ovaries. Sales of cake mixes shot up immediately.

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