Recent research highlights that for fertility and aging, the egg may be the leading lady, but she needs her supporting cast.

For years, scientists have sought to create a human artificial ovary, restoring fertility in patients without other options. The first cellular map of a human ovary, recently developed at the ...

Ovaries are fig-shaped glands that lie on either side of the uterus and are crucial to a woman’s reproductive system—and have other important roles in the body as well. Here’s everything a woman needs ...

HAKUSAN, Ishikawa Prefecture--Want to try a unique delicacy that unless properly treated will kill you? It takes three years to make it right, so be warned. Ovaries of the Japanese pufferfish, called ...

Hormones are a necessary evil. Part of the endocrine system, they're super-important—they're our body's chemical messengers that coordinate processes big and small, from your metabolism and fertility ...

Having polycystic ovary syndrome puts you at higher risk of developing fatty liver disease. Lifestyle strategies and prescription medication can decrease your risk. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is ...

Cyclic rupture and repair of the ovarian surface epithelium during ovulation, and repeated exposure of the fimbrial epithelium to the mechanics of follicular rupture, suggests the existence of stem ...

For women not at increased risk of ovarian cancer, the procedure is often unnecessary and can harm cardiovascular and bone health. A new study found that a surgical procedure that removes both ovaries ...

Researchers have built an artificial human ovary that can grow oocytes into mature human eggs in the laboratory. That development could help preserve fertility for women facing chemotherapy or other ...

A lab-grown ovary has successfully matured human eggs and could eventually be used to help women conceive. The artificial ovary could play a role in preserving the fertility of women facing cancer ...

Kathy Harris, at 49, had known pain. She had given birth before epidurals were fashionable. She’d had a hole pushed through her navel for a tubal ligation. And she had broken a tibia eight years ...