The cycle of mischaracterization is finally being broken. Around 170 million women worldwide struggle with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal and metabolic disorder that causes infertility, acne, excessive hair growth , obesity and irregular periods. Now, the condition is undergoing a much-needed name change to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), a term that medical experts say more accurately reflects the disease’s nature and could lead to better care. Polycystic ovary syndrome has been renamed to accurately reflect the condition that affects millions of women. Mark Adams – stock.adobe.com “For years, this complex, long-term hormonal and metabolic disorder has been reduced to a gynecological disease that was thought to just affect people who had cysts on their ovaries,” Dr. Iman Saleh , an OB/GYN and director of obesity medicine at  South Shore University Hospital , told The Post.…