Early diagnosis of the syndrome and close long-term follow-up and screening for diabetes and cardiovascular disease are warranted. An opportunity exists for preventive therapy, which should improve the reproductive, metabolic, and cardiovascular risks.
For thirty years we’ve been told that when it comes to diet, fat is bad and carbohydrates are good. That’s why carbohydrates form the base of the food pyramid.
BOSTON - Is it just possible that Dr. Robert C. Atkins was right? That his high-fat, low-carb plan, ridiculed for 30 years as dangerous nonsense, actually is a good, safe way to lose weight?
Overweight women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who lose weight through either a high-protein or a high-carbohydrate diet experience improved metabolic, endocrine, and clinical parameters, according to the results of a clinical trial to be published in the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
I'm a 39-year-old woman with all the classic signs of polycystic ovary syndrome: an "apple shape," irregular periods and hair growth in conspicuous places. My doctor did blood tests and told me I don't have this condition. Is a blood test the definitive diagnostic test for PCOS? What treatment options are there for managing my symptoms, especially the hair growth? I'm so tired of plucking and shaving.
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