Power Up for PCOS was born from one woman’s frustration with the lack of information and support available to women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.  Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder that is thought to affect nearly 20% of all females in the world (1 in 5 women).  It is a cluster of complicated symptoms that are not the same for every woman.  Women can also have symptoms but may not necessarily have cysts on their ovaries.

Beth Wolf was diagnosed in 2008 after being un-diagnosed for years and suffering through unexplainable symptoms. Instead of fighting alone, Beth took it upon herself to start a crusade – a crusade to support other women like her, and to help raise funding for research and education into this disorder.  

Through her determination, Power Up for PCOS was started in February 2011, with the aim of education of women and physicians, support for PCOS women, and research into the disorder.

Currently, there is very little research being conducted into PCOS, as most pharmaceutical companies rather have women buy the prescriptions prescribed for PCOS.  In addition, researchers don’t consider PCOS a “sexy enough” disease worth discussing.

After seeing the many faces of women who came forward to say, “Yes, I have PCOS and I’m a vibrant, brilliant woman”, there is no doubt… we are sexy enough, and we are going to push for more research into PCOS.