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May 14, 2011
PCOS: a good thing?
Last Friday I gave a lecture on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) to a group of family physicians. In preparing the talk I reviewed the history of the disease.
The collection of symptoms we consider PCOS in 2011 has been described for over 2 millennia: from the time of Hippocrates, medieval times, the renaissance to modern day.
Why would a disease that reduces fertility, like PCOS, persist over time?