The female reproductive cycle is regulated by a balance of hormone exchanges between the brain's pituitary gland and the ovaries. The pituitary gland first releases follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), ...

Reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Hormones control essential processes like growth, metabolism, mood, and ...

Women diagnosed with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) are at risk for more health problems than women who enter ...

When an expansive curlicue of tissue sitting below the ovaries was discovered more than a century ago, it was dismissed as useless and erased from biology textbooks. Biologists now are taking a new ...

Despite the fact that we all start out as an egg cell in one of our mother's ovaries, these human reproductive organs are surprisingly under-studied. Scientists have been working on creating in vitro ...

A systematic review found that bilateral salpingectomy is associated with roughly an 80% reduction in risk for the serous ...

An artificial ovary – the female sex organ that produces eggs – may soon be achievable, say Danish researchers who have engineered a “scaffold” on which early-stage cells can develop into functional ...

Menopause, when a woman’s period ceases, is a stark example of the consequences of ovarian aging. It occurs when the ovaries ...

Anaemia, thyroid disorders and menstrual problems often reinforce each other in women. Doctors explain why the cycle goes ...