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PCOS Awareness Month proposed to Congress

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The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association and 21 congressmen and woman introduced a resolution to bring more awareness to polycystic ovary syndrome and to designate September as PCOS Awareness Month, according to a press release.

The initiative encourages the U.S. to support the goals of PCOS Awareness Month, which includes increasing awareness among the general public and healthcare professionals, improving diagnosis and treatment options and urging for more research on PCOS.

“It is time that polycystic ovary syndrome becomes a public health priority. PCOS is one of the most pervasive and underserved public health issues threatening the mental and physical health, and quality of life of girls, women and their families,” Sasha Ottey, executive director of PCOS Challenge, said in the release. “This resolution is critically important because more than 50 percent of women with PCOS are going undiagnosed."

This resolution marks the first time PCOS has been the central focus in the U.S. Congress.