Sasha Ottey is Founder and Executive Director of PCOS Challenge, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit support organization for women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. PCOS is a complex endocrine and metabolic disorder that affects multiple systems in the female body. It is estimated to impact one-in-ten women of childbearing age.
Sasha started PCOS Challenge, Inc. after her own diagnosis and dissatisfaction with the availability of support resources for the condition. Since its founding in 2009, the organization has grown to more than 8,000 members worldwide.
PCOS Challenge is innovative in its multimedia approach to support. It produces the PCOS Challenge television show, a heath series which follows ten women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome as they have their lives transformed by naturopathic and allopathic medical experts and coaches. Its website, PCOSChallenge.com has been called the “Facebook for women with PCOS” by its members, and its popular radio show features internationally recognized PCOS experts, New York Times best-selling authors, and real life stories from women with PCOS. The organization also provides offline support networks, workshops, and educational products.
Sasha Ottey is a Clinical and Research Microbiologist with a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Laboratory Science from Howard University and a Master’s in Health Administration from the University of Phoenix.
PCOS Challenge, Inc. operates the PCOS Challenge Non-Profit website (PCOSChallenge.org); PCOS Challenge Expert Series (PCOSChallenge.net); PCOS Challenge Online Support Network (PCOSChallenge.com); PCOS Challenge Radio Show; PCOS Challenge Television Show; and local offline support groups.
To help spread the word and join the fight against Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, vist http://www.pcoschallenge.com.
PCOS Challenge, Inc. created the PCOS Challenge Radio Show and the PCOS Challenge Television Show to inform people about PCOS and other related diseases and conditions. Experts interviewed on the PCOS Challenge Radio Show and the PCOS Challenge Television Show provide advice, support, and their insight to help women overcome PCOS.
Through the PCOS Challenge Expert Series, the company provides education resources for women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and training for health care professionals through workshops from leading PCOS experts covering topics such as nutrition, weight loss, infertility, hirsutism, mental health, PCOS treatments and natural options.
It is estimated that more than 1 in 10 women are afflicted with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), yet most people are uninformed about it and have no idea that such a condition exists. Women with PCOS experience a combination of symptoms that can lead to serious conditions such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and infertility. In fact, PCOS is a leading cause of infertility in women. There is no cure for PCOS; therefore it is a life-long condition, and people need to be informed about managing PCOS and all the symptoms associated with it.
The best way to manage PCOS is to mentally prepare ourselves for life-long behavioral changes and adjust our lives so that we are living the healthiest way possible. That is what the PCOS Challenge will do for us. The PCOS Challenge is a program that brings women with PCOS together to support each other in the difficult journey to turning our lives around and trying to reverse PCOS.
Learn how you can make a difference in the lives of millions of women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome:
PCOS Challenge, Inc.
Toll Free in U.S.A.: (877) KICK-PCOS
Direct: (206) 984-8077
FAX: (928) 396-PCOS
Websites:
http://www.pcoschallenge.com (PCOS Support Network)
http://www.pcoschallenge.net (PCOS Expert Series)
http://www.pcoschallenge.org (PCOS Non-Profit Support Organization)
http://www.pcos.tv (PCOS Television Show)
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