The complex microenvironment, or ‘ecosystem,’ within the ovary that sustains healthy follicle development and overall ovarian ...

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), ...

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 ...

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

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 literature review outlined the number of fertility complications that men and women with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face as well as the list of potential factors that can impact fertility and ...

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