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Re: What would you call PCOS if you had a chance to give it a name? From: Barbara (anonymous@obgyn.net) Fri, 22 Sep 2000 11:51:06 -0500 (CDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "Re: Update" Previous message: Amy: "Re: Update" In reply to: connie: "Re: What would you call PCOS if you had a chance to give it a name?" Next in thread: Richard: "Re: What would you call PCOS if you had a chance to give it a name?" At Tue, 12 Sep 2000, connie wrote: > >At Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Paula wrote: >> >>What would you call PCOS if you had a chance to give it a name? >> >>I believe if it were renamed as a metabolic disorder and not just an gynecological disorder/syndrome, maybe the health insurance companies might be more willing to cover the costs of treatment for those of us who have fought for insurance coverage for PCOS treatment! This disorder/syndrome has serious lifelong consequences if left untreated - diabetes, heart disease, etc. Too many family doctors say "PCOS" is only an infertility problem and we shouldn't worry about it unless we want to get pregnant. Well, they need to get re-educated about this syndrome and so do the insurance companies. In a recent Letter to the Editor appearing in the September/October 2000 >>issue of Endocrine Practice, Dr. Eric Orzeck, a PCOSupport Professional >>member, and Siara George from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have >>proposed a new name for PCOS. PCOSupport invites you to visit our web >>site at http://www.pcosupport.org >>and read their letter. You can also participate in the PCOSupport >>Survey about the name. The initial results and select comments will be >>presented at a conference next week! >> >>-- >>Paula Puffer >>Director of Online Services >>The Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association >> >-- >i would call it the hudini syndrome.... connie > -- Barbara Next message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "Re: Update" Previous message: Amy: "Re: Update" In reply to: connie: "Re: What would you call PCOS if you had a chance to give it a name?" Next in thread: Richard: "Re: What would you call PCOS if you had a chance to give it a name?"

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