Why is PCOS now PMOS?

Have you heard? Polycystic ovarian syndrome is getting a name change! The international medical community has decided that from now on PCOS will be called polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS).   Gynaecologists and endocrinologists have updated the name to reflect their modern understanding of the condition. Over the last few decades, women’s health specialists have come…

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Senators Criticize Trump Administration’s Demands for Foreign Health Data — ProPublica

What Happened: Citing reporting by ProPublica, eight Democratic U.S. senators have criticized the Trump administration’s demands to access the health data of millions of people as a condition of giving lifesaving aid to other countries. In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the senators, including minority leader Chuck Schumer, said the U.S. demands…

Egypt’s intelligence chief meets Palestinian Authority delegation

Egypt’s General Intelligence Service chief, Major General Hassan Rashad, met on Sunday with a Palestinian Authority delegation headed by Hussein Al Sheikh, vice president of the State of Palestine. The delegation included Rawhi Fattouh, speaker of the Palestinian National Council, and Majed Faraj, head of Palestinian intelligence, Egyptian state-affiliated Al-Qahera News reported. The meeting was…