New Challenges and Perspectives in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Jim Parker, Vanessa Hitch · 2025
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Jim Parker and Vanessa Hitch introduce a special issue on polycystic ovary syndrome in a 2025 editorial overview. The condition, which affects ovaries and hormones, is reframed here as an evolutionary mismatch: traits that once aided survival now clash with modern life. That lens links the syndrome with obesity, diabetes, fatty liver, heart disease, and mental health problems.
The editors highlight the current international guidelines, which put lifestyle change first in care. They describe a proposed insulin-centered model for judging and managing the condition, and they welcome narrative medicine, which treats patients as active partners whose stories matter. Framing struggles with food, movement, sleep, and stress in an evolutionary story, they argue, can cut self-blame and build empathy between patient and clinician.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jim Parker, Vanessa Hitch |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |