PCOS to PMOS: What the New Name Means for Your Health at Every Age

Her Time, Her Health with Dr. Jila · Oct 29, 2026 · 31m

At 15, she's told irregular periods are normal for teenagers, at 31 it's a fertility problem, and at 45 it's just perimenopause, even though it was the same condition the entire time. Roughly one in eight women of reproductive age has PCOS, now officially renamed PMOS, and up to 70% have never been diagnosed, often because each symptom is sent to a different specialist and no one connects the dots.

I dive deeper into this in a solo episode of Her Time, Her Health, walking through what PMOS looks like in your teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, and beyond, and exactly what to ask for at each stage. I also…