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Reproductive health needs more hard science, not just more apps

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I was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) when I was 16 years old. I am not unique: it is thought to be the most common endocrine disorder in women of childbearing age in the US & the most common (albeit also among the most treatable) cause of infertility. Given this, you’d think we know a fair amount of stuff about it. Wrong! Even its exact prevalence is contested, with estimates ranging from 2 to 20% of women (the most likely estimate being somewhere around 10%). This uncertainty in something as basic as its frequency reflects a deeper issue: we don’t really know, at a fundamental biological level, what PCOS is. Different afflictions, with different prognosis, are probably being lumped together under a common name. This makes diagnosis & classification of PCOS harder: hence the uncertainty around its prevalence. Thanks for reading Ruxandra’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Back when I was 16, the possibility of one day having a child

Reproductive health needs more hard science, not just more apps Female and Reproductive Health are relatively popular buzzwords in the start-up space now; But all that glitters is not Gold: How much actual material progress are we making? Aug 06, 2023 12 2 1 Share I was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) when I was 16 years old. I am not unique: it is thought to be the most common endocrine disorder in women of childbearing age in the US & the most common (albeit also among the most treatable) cause of infertility. Given this, you’d think we know a fair amount of stuff about it. W

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