For most women, the body begins to change dramatically in their 40s or 50s. This transition, known as menopause, is defined ...

As central female reproductive organs, the ovaries produce fertilizable eggs and generate the sex hormones estrogen and ...

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 ...

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). Professor Helena Teede led this name change after 14 years of research and global collaboration. But ...

Ovarian cancer is one of the deadliest cancers affecting women. Around the world, thousands of women lose their lives to this ...

Michigan State University researchers have identified how ovarian cancer cells become resistant to chemotherapy and ...

Sea stars can produce eggs for up to 200 years. Their surprisingly human-like ovaries may offer clues about fertility and reproductive aging.

You may first experience pain in your abdomen before realizing that you have a twisted ovary. Ovarian torsion happens when your ovaries — and sometimes the fallopian tube — twist around the tissue ...

Ovarian torsion (adnexal torsion) is a medical emergency. It occurs when the ovary or ligaments that support the ovaries and fallopian tubes twist, cutting off the blood supply to your ovary, ...