Before heading in to teach my first class today (when I’m not advocating about polycystic ovarian syndrome, I’m a college professor), I gave the BBC news feeds on Mozilla a cursory glance. Much to my surprise did I find an article about female athletes and PCOS.

At first glance, the article made me a little grumpy. The article seems a bit one-sided, and purports that in cases of hard-pushing female athletes, it’s restrictive diets and hard training that lead to their PCOS, which therefore leads to their lack of menstruation. Not sure I get the complete connection here, but then again I don’t have M.D. after my name.

The article is worth a read, but it doesn’t quite explain why it implies that female athletes may have a preponderance to PCOS.