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The Spotlight is where we amplify the research, ideas, and voices moving women's health forward — the things we read, trust, and think you should see too.
PCOS is now called PMOS: what you need to know
Polycystic ovary syndrome has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) to better reflect its wide metabolic and hormonal effects, especially insulin resistance. It affects an estimated 10–13% of women worldwide and is often underdiagnosed.
A rename that finally names the whole condition — a step toward the recognition and earlier diagnosis women with PMOS have long deserved.
FDA has approved the first new sunscreen ingredient in 20 years
Bemotrizinol (BEMT) is the FDA's first newly approved general sunscreen ingredient in over two decades — offering broad-spectrum UVA/UVB protection, staying photostable, absorbing minimally into skin, and leaving no white cast.
Real, practical progress in everyday skin-cancer prevention — exactly the kind of advance in women's health we want on your radar.
The mind-boggling Toronto lab growing tiny human hearts
Milica Radisic, a University of Toronto tissue engineer, grows microscopic human organs — including beating hearts — from stem cells. Her “organs-on-a-chip” test how drugs affect real human tissue in real time, a human-relevant alternative to animal testing that could speed drug discovery.
A Canadian scientist reimagining how medicine is tested — the kind of homegrown, woman-led innovation shaping the future of health for all of us.