Polycystic ovary syndrome
Subject in Medicine
Polycystic ovary syndrome has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Mel Robbins Podcast. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Thais AliabadiOB-GYN and fertility expert previously interviewed on the podcast
Aliabadi stresses that a high blood testosterone level is not required for a PMOS diagnosis.
“You do not need to have a high testosterone in your blood to get the diagnosis”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: What Your Doctor May Be Missing: The Real Reason for Moodiness, Acne, Weight Gain, and Anxiety (Nov 14, 2026) · Listen from 10:02
Aliabadi says PMOS affects 15% of women and that three quarters of them are never diagnosed.
“PMOS affects 15% of women. It takes doctors years to diagnose these patients. 75% of women go through life and they're never diagnosed”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: What Your Doctor May Be Missing: The Real Reason for Moodiness, Acne, Weight Gain, and Anxiety (Nov 14, 2026) · Listen from 8:56
Aliabadi explains that PCOS was renamed PMOS because the old name was misleading, as there are no cysts on the ovaries.
“So PMOS is a new name for PCOS. PCOS was polycystic ovary syndrome. Completely wrong because there are no cysts on the ovaries”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: What Your Doctor May Be Missing: The Real Reason for Moodiness, Acne, Weight Gain, and Anxiety (Nov 14, 2026) · Listen from 8:36
Mel RobbinsAmerican author, podcast host and former lawyer who hosts The Mel Robbins Podcast
Robbins recounts that after following Aliabadi's recommended protocol, one of her daughters was diagnosed with PMOS.
“it turns out one of our daughters has now been diagnosed with PMOS”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: What Your Doctor May Be Missing: The Real Reason for Moodiness, Acne, Weight Gain, and Anxiety (Nov 14, 2026) · Listen from 1:05
Podcasts
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
What Your Doctor May Be Missing: The Real Reason for Moodiness, Acne, Weight Gain, and AnxietyThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Nov 14, 2026 · 50 min
OB-GYN Thaïs Aliabadi tells Mel Robbins how PMOS, endometriosis and PMDD are diagnosed and treated, and why women must advocate for themselves.