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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

...make space on the fridge door, @helenerey.bsky.social 😂 Two emails today - made possible thanks to my awesome PhD supervisory teams at @wlvuni.bsky.social and @uhcw-nhs.bsky.social 🙏 Dr Chris Kite, Dr Alex Dallaway, Dr Ioannis Kyrou, and Prof Harpal Randeva 🤝

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Spending the day in London 🤩 #pmos #pmosawarenessmonth PMOS: Lived Experience + Innovation This event brings together clinicians, researchers, innovators, and patient advocates 🤩 @aepcossociety.bsky.social @veritypcos.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Thank you ALL for the birthday wishes 🤗🤩   Fantastic week 👉 from co-chairing an interdisciplinary panel w/ @helenerey.bsky.social at @ox.ac.uk, to #PMOS data collection w/ members of @veritypcos.bsky.social, and HBD sung to me by kids during nutrition data collection at a school in Walsall! 🥳🙏❤️

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Special thanks to @helenerey.bsky.social for all the support (and patience!) during the last few weeks (…🤔 years?!) and to everyone at the AE-PCOS Society Board, Verity, @mchrimonash.bsky.social, and @helenateede.bsky.social for making my social media role such a rewarding experience! 🙏

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

After travelling to Prague 🇨🇿 for the @aepcossociety.bsky.social Update Meeting and the #pcosnamechange announcement at #ece2026, it’s now time to get back to “research mode” 🤓 Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome #PMOS remains my research focus at @wlvuni.bsky.social and @uhcw-nhs.bsky.social

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

There is a 3 year transition time supported by a major international education and awareness campaign reaching those affected, health professionals, governments and researchers around the world, with the new name ultimately included in the 2028 International PMOS Guideline update.

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

🤝 Women with the condition were the biggest drivers to change the name through their voices and advocacy. The evolution from #PCOS to #PMOS will help to ensure the condition is not seen as new, but as a transformative update based on a better scientific understanding of the condition.

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The new name came from the largest global engagement in a name change process with 22,000 survey responses and multiple workshops including women with lived experience and health professionals, alongside 56 patient organisations & societies across the world, including the @aepcossociety.bsky.social.

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Prague 🇨🇿 🤩 @aepcossociety.bsky.social Update Meeting Disseminating PCOS info with/from clinicians & researchers - and collaborating with patient support groups! Thanks @veritypcos.bsky.social 👉 and @wlvuni.bsky.social @uhcw-nhs.bsky.social for supporting my research @livingwellwithpcos.bsky.social

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the webinar today!

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

...May the 4th be with you! ✨ Are you ready? Slides are ready and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at this @cochranecompmed.bsky.social webinar later today 💪🤩 ✍️ tinyurl.com/CAM-Webinar-1 From Clinic to Evidence: Case Reports and Practice-Based Research

From Clinic to Evidence: Case Reports and Practice-Based Research

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Great session yesterday 👉 workshop 2 of the series "Cycles of Care: Bridging Medicine, Technology, Sociology, and Intersectional Design in Digital Women’s Health" 📍 UZH Digital Society Initiative ✨ Recruitment of Underrepresented & Vulnerable Participants: Why, What, How? Thank you all 🙏

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Deep-learning models forecast a continued rise in PCOS burden through 2040 doi.org/10.1016/j.is... 👉 Findings characterize the evolving global landscape of #PCOS, providing evidence to support targeted public health surveillance and prevention strategies for adolescent and young adult populations.

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

doi.org/10.1016/j.la... Results show that LLMs still absorb harmful medical fabrications, especially when phrased in authoritative clinical prose, yet, counter-intuitively, become less vulnerable when the same claims are wrapped in most logical fallacy styles.

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

In this study, patients and health care professionals highlighted the need for a digital health app to: - improve patient–health care professional communication, - digitalise supportive care screening & processes, and - support patient self-efficacy. 🔗 doi.org/10.2196/73829 OncoSupport+

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

How is IoT technology (apps, wearables, social media, websites, machine learning and phone-based tools) used in PCOS care? doi.org/10.3390/heal... We identify promising roles in tracking, education and peer support, alongside important concerns around evidence, quality, access and misinformation.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and the Internet of Things: A Scoping Review

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

💪✨Starting the year strong, with a publication from a collaboration on a project that I am very grateful for having been invited to join 🙏 Read now: @eujimonline.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.eu... Acupuncture for Uterine Fibroids

Acupuncture for Uterine Fibroids: A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Segmental Electroacupuncture, Manual Acupuncture, and Sham Acupuncture

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

📣 New paper OUT NOW! 🥳 #AI #artificialintelligence #acupuncture doi.org/10.1177/2768... 📄 Artificial Intelligence in Acupuncture: Recommendations from the Society for Acupuncture Research Special Interest Group Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Day 1 was amazing!! 🤩 @aepcossociety.bsky.social 23rd Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX 🇺🇸 I got to co-chair a session & talk with world-renowned #PCOS researchers. Today, I get to present my poster about my PhD #pcosresearch work at @wlvuni.bsky.social 👍

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

LAST DAY! Please contribute to this important #PCOS research by completing the anonymous survey: forms.office.com/e/YGHVgYcfze Your unique perspective is incredibly valuable & will help us better understand & support everyone with polycystic ovary syndrome. ✨Research study at @wlvuni.bsky.social

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Plenary presentation at #TAO2025 in Graz 🇦🇹 “Acupuncture and Assisted Reproductive Technology - a review of the latest research findings”

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The @ebacupuncture.bsky.social Breakfast Journal Club at #TAO2025 in Graz, Austria 🇦🇹

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Off to the best European conference: #TAO2025 in Graz, Austria: www.tcmkongress.at//en/Home I will lead the Breakfast Journal Club for @ebacupuncture.bsky.social and present at the Plenary Session: "Acupuncture for Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Review of the Latest Research Findings". 🇦🇹🤩✨

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

This review explores the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) in #PCOS management. doi.org/10.3390/heal... Results were grouped into six IoT domains: mobile apps, social media, wearables, machine learning, websites, and phone-based. A further domain was created to capture participants' perspectives.

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Results show that patients, clinicians, and researchers are engaging with the IoT for PCOS-related solutions & further highlight relevant gaps, which should be considered by those using IoT solutions/platforms for #PCOS doi.org/10.3390/heal... #pcosawarenessmonth #pcosresearch @wlvuni.bsky.social

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

✨ We are nearly there! 🤞 “Just” need a few more participants to share their #pcos experiences (anonymously) forms.office.com/e/YGHVgYcfze 👉 Results will inform the co-design of an intervention using internet-enabled technologies to support #physicalactivity & promote attainable #lifestylechange.

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Thanks to everyone who has already participated! Still looking for more people diagnosed with PCOS, living in the UK forms.office.com/e/YGHVgYcfze Share (anonymously) your PCOS-related health & quality of life, lifestyle management, self-care routines, and engagement w/ internet-enabled technologies

Research request - Can technology help those with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) manage their physical activity and lifestyle?

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

h-index 6 🤩✨ ...I need a bigger fridge door 😂 @wlvuni.bsky.social

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

This scoping review explores the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) in PCOS management. Read more 👉 doi.org/10.3390/heal... Results were grouped into 6 domains of the IoT: 📱 mobile apps, ✨ social media, ⌚️ wearables, 🤖 machine learning / artificial intelligence, 🌐 websites, and 📲 phone-based.

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Living in the UK and diagnosed with #PCOS? ✍️Your voice matters! forms.office.com/e/YGHVgYcfze Please share (anonymously) your experiences & engagement with internet-enabled technologies for PCOS-related health & quality of life, lifestyle management, and self-care routines @wlvuni.bsky.social

Engagement and impact of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in supporting physical activity and lifestyle self-management in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in the UK

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

✍️ Your voice matters! 🔗 forms.office.com/e/YGHVgYcfze If you live in the UK and have been diagnosed with #PCOS, please share (anonymously) your experiences and engagement with internet-enabled technologies for PCOS-related health & quality of life, lifestyle management, and self-care routines.

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

✨🤩 Thank you very much, DÄGfA 🇩🇪🙏 Amazing experience and super interesting discussions - it was a pleasure to present on TARA and on Menstrual and Reproductive Health Research 🤝

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

✨ Do you have PCOS? (over 18, living in the U.K.) 👉 Do you use apps or connected devices to help manage your health? 🔗 blog.verity-pcos.org.uk ✍️ Can technology help those with #pcos manage their physical activity and lifestyle? Thanks for sharing, @veritypcos.bsky.social @wlvuni.bsky.social

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

✨🍾🥂 Thank you very much to all the fabulous mentors, co-authors, and tremendously inspirational academics who continue to support me on my academic journey 🎓  …now, on to the next 100 citations 💪✨ @wlvuni.bsky.social  @aepcossociety.bsky.social @ebacupuncture.bsky.social   #PhDJourney #research

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Excellent day of presentations at the @aepcossociety.bsky.social 2025 Update Meeting - at the Joint Congress of ESPE and ESE 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark 🗓️ May 10th, 2025 Topic: Brain-body cross-talk in #PCOS @wlvuni.bsky.social

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Androgen Excess & PCOS Society 🤩 @aepcossociety.bsky.social Update Meeting 2025 📍 Joint Congress of ESPE and ESE 2025 Topic: “Brain-body cross-talk in #PCOS” Copenhagen 🇩🇰 10th of May, 2025 @wlvuni.bsky.social

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

👉 Diagnosed with #PCOS? 🇬🇧 Living in the UK? 📱Do you use apps or connected devices to help manage your health? 🔗 forms.office.com/e/YGHVgYcfze Please share your engagement & impact of internet-enabled technologies & devices in your PCOS-related health & quality of life and lifestyle management.

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

🤩✨ …shaping the future of acupuncture research AND PRACTICE at the Society for Acupuncture Research International Conference 2025 in Newport Beach, CA 🇺🇸 Pioneering the integration of acupuncture research and practice into mainstream healthcare and academic settings worldwide 👏👏👏

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Can technology help those with #PCOS manage their physical activity and lifestyle? blog.verity-pcos.org.uk/2025/03/23/r... Thanks for sharing, @veritypcos.bsky.social 🙌 @wlvuni.bsky.social 🤩

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

👉 Engagement & impact of internet-enabled technologies & devices for lifestyle management & self-care of #PCOS symptoms: forms.office.com/e/YGHVgYcfze 18+ 🇬🇧 ✍️ Please share your PCOS-related health & quality of life, lifestyle management, self-care routines, and engagement with technology.

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Share your PCOS-related health and quality of life, lifestyle management, self-care routines, and engagement with internet-enabled technologies and devices: forms.office.com/e/YGHVgYcfze 🇬🇧 How do internet-enabled technologies & devices impact lifestyle management and self-care of #PCOS symptoms?

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This study sets to explore the engagement and impact of internet-enabled technologies and devices for lifestyle management and self-care of PCOS symptoms. If you are over 18, live in the UK, and you are interested in participating (or would like more information): forms.office.com/e/YGHVgYcfze

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

👉 Are you over 18 years old, living in the UK, and diagnosed with PCOS? ✍️ Join this study investigating how internet-enabled technologies and devices impact lifestyle management and self-care of #PCOS symptoms. 🔗 forms.office.com/e/YGHVgYcfze #PhD #research @wlvuni.bsky.social

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

👉 Engagement and impact of internet-enabled technologies and devices for individuals with #PCOS living in the UK 🇬🇧 🔗 forms.office.com/e/YGHVgYcfze Please share your PCOS-related health & quality of life, lifestyle management, self-care routines, and engagement with loT technologies.

Join this study investigating how internet-enabled technologies and devices impact lifestyle management and self-care of PCOS symptoms.

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

⌛️ Closes Jan 12th! 🚨 forms.office.com/e/9b71Eu7QM8 Research study aimed at evaluating the quality of advice generated by artificial intelligence #AI for individuals living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome #PCOS @aepcossociety.bsky.social @esendocrinology.bsky.social @socendocrinology.bsky.social

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Sandro Graca @sandrograca.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Are you passionate about improving PCOS-related information provided to individuals living with polycystic ovary syndrome? ✍️ forms.office.com/e/9b71Eu7QM8 …only a few days left to make your opinion count! 👉 Your experience and expertise will make a difference, so don’t miss out 🙏 #PCOS #research

PhD research study evaluating artificial intelligence tools as a source of information and advice about polycystic ovary syndrome

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