Medically reviewed by Laura Young, MD Key Takeaways PCOS has a strong genetic component but is influenced by lifestyle and ...

Streak ovaries are when the ovaries do not develop correctly before birth. This causes the individual to have nonfunctioning ovaries and experience various symptoms. Ovaries are the small oval-shaped ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – September is recognized as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. The disease affects the female ovaries, which are the reproductive organs that produce eggs. The cancer occurs when ...

The arc of a biological female’s life is often defined by milestones involving her uterus. A first period. A first pregnancy. A first birth. All of which lead up to the concluding event: menopause, ...

Are female mammals born with all the eggs they'll ever have, or can they produce new eggs into adulthood? The question has been vociferously debated, but now, a study published online in Nature Cell ...

With a new imaging technique, scientists discover an ecosystem that determines how eggs mature and ovaries age. The ticking of the biological clock is especially loud in the ovaries — the organs that ...

Ms. Gross is a science journalist and the author of “Vagina Obscura.” Women, you may have heard, are born with all the eggs they will ever have. It’s one of those factoids that gets repeated ad ...

This series was created for Google, the Buck Institute, Optispan and Phenome Health by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Women live far longer ...

Becca Stanek is an experienced writer and editor who is passionate about exploring the ways we can feel better mentally and physically to get the most out of our lives. She has worked for publications ...