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Welcome to the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association of Australia’s Website
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is the most common hormonal disorder
affecting women. Generally, health websites say PCOS affects between 5-10% of
the population. However, a Melbourne study published in 2005 found the figure
could be as high as 12 per cent, that’s one in eight women – or half a million
Australian women of child-bearing age.
Symptoms can be embarrassing and deeply depressing. The best way of managing
the syndrome is through permanent lifestyle changes – like daily exercise and a
low G.I. diet – as well as medication. For most patients, Insulin Resistance is
the underlying cause of PCOS. Yet, many doctors are unaware of the link and
fail to conduct tests to test their patients for this crucial information.
For more information about PCOS, please visit our
information pages .
POSAA is the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association of Australia Inc, the
leading support group and advocacy group for women and teenagers with PCOS.
While most of this website is freely accessible – some sections are available
to financial POSAA members only – including our online support group chat room,
POSAAbilities newsletter archive and PCOS power point displays.
If you’d like to join POSAA or find out more about the Association, please
visit the
POSAA page .
If you’d like to talk with other cysters about PCOS, please visit our
Forum .
We hope you enjoy browsing our website, it’s proudly and unashamedly
Australian!
If you have ideas on how we could improve it, please fill out our
feedback form.
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Posted by admin on Thursday, December 03 @ 23:08:39 EST (137 reads)
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 | New Study: POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK |
 Dr Alicia Chan is a Cardiologist at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and is currently running a study looking at link between PCOS and heart disease.
The hospital have had a recent publication in an international journal (see attached) on this subject. It is the first study in this area to suggest PCOS per se independent of presence of obesity or insulin resistance/diabetes may be an independent risk factor for heart disease.
As their study only involved very strictly selected individuals form a young age group, they are now doing a larger trial on women age between 20-60 years of age.
They are halfway through study but am looking for 40 more PCOS subjects and controls to participate, specifically ages between 20-30 and 40-60.
It involves a one off two hour visit to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
More details can be found here.
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Posted by admin on Sunday, November 22 @ 23:11:58 EST (194 reads)
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| Do you have questions about PCOS or POSAA - Phone us directly on Wednesday's |
POSAA are happy to announce that we now have an office space, and are able to take your calls in person. If you have a question about PCOS or POSAA, you can call us
on (02) 8850 9429
Wednesdays 10am - 1pm only
From the POSAA Committee
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Posted by charmaine on Wednesday, October 07 @ 11:18:14 EST (321 reads)
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| Hidden help: the good news story you never heard |
 Hidden help: the good news story you never heard
By Sabra Lane - analysis
Click here to see article
Something of a minor miracle happened last weekend. The Federal Government announced funding of more than $1.13m for a research alliance, and it didn't make the news.
Big deal? It is a big deal and we should be shouting it from the rooftops, because it could quite literally save thousands of lives, help many infertile women have families and stop their siblings and parents from developing a serious health condition.
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Posted by charmaine on Tuesday, September 15 @ 11:24:12 EST (405 reads)
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| *PCOS Support Group Welcomes New Alliance* |
v writes "The formation of the PCOS Alliance and decision to fund it by the Federal Government, have been welcomed by Australia's only support group for women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, POSAA Inc.
For more than four years POSAA - the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association of Australia Inc - has led a campaign for national guidelines on diagnosing PCOS and managing the syndrome.
PCOS affects about one in ten Australian women of child-bearing age. It is the leading cause of female infertility and women with the syndrome are at much higher risk of diabetes and heart disease by their mid 40s, than other women. Many women with PCOS symptoms are unaware that they could be at risk of serious long-term complications.
"The tragedy is these complications are preventable, yet as PCOS is under-recognised and a poorly understood condition opportunities for prevention are lost," said Veryan McAllister, the president of POSAA Inc.
"We're delighted that the country's best researchers and PCOS specialists have decided to form one group, to devise national guidelines on diagnosing the syndrome and treating it," said Mrs McAllister.
"The association is also pleased to be part of the alliance, we believe that it's essential that PCOS women have input into devising these guidelines.
"Diagnosing the syndrome can be difficult, for some women it takes too long and too many visits to doctors to get a diagnosis for this," said Mrs McAllister.
The association believes devising a set of guidelines on diagnosing and managing the disease will lead to a better understanding among doctors and the wider community about this serious condition.
Symptoms include; periods that are irregular or heavy, difficulty in becoming pregnant, weight gain - especially around the tummy area, excess facial or body hair, acne on the face and body, pre-Diabetes or Diabetes.
For more information or interviews with women who have PCOS: please contact Veryan McAllister on 0448 752 516
For more information about PCOS, please visit: www.posaa.asn.au
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Posted by charmaine on Monday, September 07 @ 09:58:24 EST (366 reads)
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