PCOS Is Now PMOS | What Women Need to Know About This Hormone Condition | Forum Health Podcast

PCOS has officially been renamed PMOS, and the change is bigger than a rebrand. It reflects a fundamental shift in how science now understands hormonal dysfunction in women, and it could completely reshape how millions of women get diagnosed, treated, and heard. Emily Rodriguez, board-certified Nurse Midwife and Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber at Forum Health, joins us to break down what the shift from Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome to Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome actually means and why it matters. For decades, women with irregular cycles, painful periods, fatigue, fertility struggles, and metabolic dysfunction were either misdiagnosed, dismissed, or told their symptoms were normal. The renaming to PMOS acknowledges what functional medicine has long understood: this condition extends far beyond ovarian cysts and involves a complex web of insulin resistance, cortisol imbalance, gut dysfunction, chronic inflammation, and endocrine disruptors that conventional medicine has routinely overlooked. You'll learn why painful periods, irregular cycles, and metabolic dysfunction should never be accepted as normal, how environmental toxins and stress hormones play a direct role in PMOS symptoms, and what a root-cause functional medicine approach actually looks like when it comes to hormones, fertility, and long-term metabolic health. Whether you've been living with a PCOS diagnosis for years or suspect something hormonal is driving your symptoms, this episode gives you a new framework and a clearer path forward. ——————————————————— 🩺 Ready to find a root-cause approach to your hormonal health? 👉 Get started: https://forumhealth.com/ 👉 Find a provider near you: https://forumhealth.com/locations/ 🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify: https://forumhealth.com/podcast/ 📲 Follow Forum Health: Instagram →   / forum_health   Facebook →   / forumhealthco   ——————————————————— About Emily Rodriguez: Emily Rodriguez is a board-certified Nurse Midwife and Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber at Forum Health who specializes in women's hormonal and metabolic health. Using a root-cause functional medicine approach, Emily focuses on the complex relationship between hormones, metabolism, gut health, environmental toxins, and fertility. She is especially passionate about helping women navigate conditions like PMOS through personalized testing, nutrition, lifestyle medicine, and whole-person care after experiencing firsthand the gaps that often exist in conventional women's healthcare. ——————————————————— About Forum Health: Forum Health is the nation's first and largest network of integrative and functional medicine providers. Our clinicians go beyond symptom management to find the root cause — using advanced diagnostics, personalized treatment plans, and evidence-based therapies. With clinics across the U.S., expert care is closer than you think. 👉 https://forumhealth.com/ ——————————————————— #PCOS #HormoneHealth #WomensHealth