If you notice abdominal weight gain or a change in your appearance, talk to your healthcare provider about getting tested for PCOS belly or other conditions that may be causing unwanted weight gain.

In people with PCOS, the cysts on the ovaries are small follicles incapable of growing large enough to release an egg. Their appearance on ultrasound resembles that of a string of pearls.

Wilson/Getty; Jenny Anderson/Getty; Cindy Ord/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty September is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month and though 1 in 10 women of childbearing age have PCOS ...

A tilt in any direction can cause a cascade of effects, resulting in diseases like diabetes, obesity, and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). PCOS affects 10 to 13 percent of reproductive-age women, ...

Yet, many women with PCOS have a range of serious psychosocial comorbidities that often go unaddressed. Historically, much of the medical conversation around polycystic ovary syndrome, which ...