<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The PCOS Brief</title><description>One peer-reviewed PCOS study a week, in plain English. Wellness insights inspired by peer-reviewed research. Not medical advice.</description><link>https://www.sachi-health.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Aerobic exercise, quality of life, and PCOS: a 16-week randomized trial where nobody dropped out</title><link>https://www.sachi-health.com/blog/the-pcos-brief-issue-07/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sachi-health.com/blog/the-pcos-brief-issue-07/</guid><description>A 16-week randomized controlled trial of overweight women with PCOS had zero dropouts in the exercise group — and improved quality of life, fitness, BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol, and inflammation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>aerobic-exercise</category><category>quality-of-life</category><category>adherence</category><category>cardiorespiratory-fitness</category><category>weight</category><category>rct</category></item><item><title>Spearmint tea and PCOS hirsutism: a 30-day randomized controlled trial of 42 women shows lower testosterone but no visible hair change yet</title><link>https://www.sachi-health.com/blog/the-pcos-brief-issue-04/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sachi-health.com/blog/the-pcos-brief-issue-04/</guid><description>A 30-day randomized controlled trial of 42 women with PCOS found two cups of spearmint tea a day significantly lowered free and total testosterone vs. placebo — though visible hair change takes longer than 30 days.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>spearmint</category><category>hirsutism</category><category>antiandrogen</category><category>testosterone</category><category>herbal-remedy</category><category>rct</category></item><item><title>Sleep timing, weight-neutral counseling, and emerging PCOS in adolescents: a cohort study of 43 girls at Michigan Medicine</title><link>https://www.sachi-health.com/blog/the-pcos-brief-issue-03/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.sachi-health.com/blog/the-pcos-brief-issue-03/</guid><description>A weight-neutral approach plus a focus on sleep timing produced significant weight loss in 43 adolescents with emerging PCOS at Michigan Medicine. What the study found, what it means, and what&apos;s actually actionable.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>sleep</category><category>weight-neutral</category><category>adolescent-pcos</category><category>circadian</category><category>social-jetlag</category></item></channel></rss>