{"id":96449,"date":"2026-08-27T05:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=96449"},"modified":"2026-08-27T05:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:26:00","slug":"free-pmos-health-check-clinics-good-start-but-more-can-be-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=96449","title":{"rendered":"Free PMOS health check clinics &#8216;good start, but more can be done&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Screening clinic nurse Corrinne Purdy said reviews for women with the condition would come with a range of checks, taking a more holistic approach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said: &#8220;We will see whether they&#8217;re getting on alright with their medication, how they&#8217;re feeling about themselves; we will do height and weight reviews, we will ask them questions about their sleep, how they&#8217;re managing their condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We will also speak to them about any particular fertility aspirations and how they&#8217;re getting with their mental health as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Purdy said PMOS had been &#8220;overlooked&#8221; for a long time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said: &#8220;Women have been diagnosed and then not really had any sort of follow-ups&#8230; just been left to manage &#8211; whereas, actually, a lot of women struggle, particularly with some of the symptoms that come alongside it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;PMOS is&#8230; a broad thing, and it can affect women in many different ways, and it&#8217;s quite common as well, maybe more common than people think.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cwy422pz1yro?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screening clinic nurse Corrinne Purdy said reviews for women with the condition would come with a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[7134,3677,1175,1881,231,10345,1016],"class_list":["post-96449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-check","tag-clinics","tag-free","tag-good","tag-health","tag-pmos","tag-start"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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