The ovaries eventually retire from reproduction, but they also get a career change. A new study in mice suggests that after ovulation permanently ends, the ovary appears to trade its reproductive role ...

From day one of its very first menstrual cycle, an ovary works hard to develop follicles that produce and release the very best eggs for reproduction. But that's not all an ovary does. "It has so many ...

Fertility declines as women get older for many reasons, such as a drop in egg quality, decreased follicle numbers and hardening of ovarian tissues. That's a problem for would-be mothers in many ...

Our fertility window could be extended by making the ovaries less stiff. A drug that softens the organ more than doubled the conception rate of older rats with declining fertility and increased their ...

We used to think that once ovaries had passed through the menopausal transition, the scarred, shrunken organs sat inert in the body. But the discovery that the ovaries of aged mice become infiltrated ...

For most women, the body begins to change dramatically in their 40s or 50s. This transition, known as menopause, is defined as 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period, marking the end of the ...

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC) is a genetic condition that makes someone more likely to get breast, ovarian, prostate, pancreatic, and some other cancers. HBOC is caused by a ...